Income tax calculator South Africa

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 1 740 628 760
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 783 267 821
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 783 267 998
Net pay
* R 957 360 762
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 957 360 762
Net pay
R 17 406 465
Tax the employer pays
R 783 267 998
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 800 674 463
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 17 406 465 to pay you R 1 740 628 760. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 20 887 545 120 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 9 399 215 976. That means that your net pay will be R 11 488 329 144 per year, or R 957 360 762 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of R 100 in your salary will be taxed R 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
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Tax per income
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 11 133 694 392
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 9 706 947 620
53.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 18 487 183 325
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 15 143 480 335
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 14 020 969 038
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 13 942 556 327
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 13 576 991 314
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 13 576 904 203
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 13 503 900 506
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 12 793 763 530
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 12 741 327 057
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 12 686 751 666
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 12 532 967 064
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 11 915 859 477
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 15 195 692 198
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 14 621 290 716
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 14 252 072 744
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 14 207 710 431
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 13 817 129 074
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 13 576 944 187
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 12 845 845 512
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 12 717 404 059
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 12 657 642 420
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 12 532 547 689
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 11 488 329 144
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 11 488 214 209
45.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 20 887 285 459
0.0%
1
Kuwait
ZAR 20 887 353 816
0.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 20 678 508 648
1.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 19 843 167 864
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 19 843 167 864
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 19 216 541 511
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 15 665 663 820
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 15 665 662 251
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 12 165 118 607
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 10 444 214 152
50.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of South Africa, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.