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 22 295
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 2 921
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 3 098
Net pay
* R 19 197
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
13.9%
86.1%
Net pay
13.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 19 197
Net pay
R 400
Tax the employer pays
R 3 098
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 3 498
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 400 to pay you R 22 295. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.57 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.9% tax rate now rises to 15.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 267 540 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 37 181. That means that your net pay will be R 230 359 per year, or R 19 197 per month. Your average tax rate is 13.9% and your marginal tax rate is 26.0%. 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 26, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 74.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 740 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 700 of net incomes.
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Tax per income
R 22 500
R 23 000
R 23 500
R 24 000
R 24 500
R 25 000
R 25 500
R 26 000
R 26 500
R 27 000
R 27 500
R 28 000
R 28 500
R 29 000
R 29 500
R 30 000
R 30 500
R 31 000
R 31 500
R 32 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
ZAR 267 540
0.0%
1
Ireland
ZAR 265 739
0.7%
2
Spain
ZAR 250 551
6.4%
3
Switzerland
ZAR 248 828
7.0%
4
France
ZAR 236 696
11.5%
5
Norway
ZAR 235 294
12.1%
6
Russia
ZAR 232 760
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 231 563
13.5%
8
Austria
ZAR 227 470
15.0%
9
Italy
ZAR 224 794
16.0%
10
Czech Republic
ZAR 221 313
17.3%
11
Hungary
ZAR 218 045
18.5%
12
Ukraine
ZAR 215 370
19.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 214 902
19.7%
14
Greece
ZAR 204 168
23.7%
15
Sweden
ZAR 202 541
24.3%
16
Poland
ZAR 193 300
27.8%
17
Portugal
ZAR 184 795
30.9%
18
Finland
ZAR 182 335
31.9%
19
Belgium
ZAR 181 576
32.1%
20
Denmark
ZAR 178 904
33.1%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 168 358
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 156 511
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 236 427
11.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 202 362
24.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 256 476
4.1%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 254 163
5.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 247 456
7.5%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 243 875
8.9%
4
South Korea
ZAR 233 333
12.8%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 232 598
13.1%
6
Malaysia
ZAR 227 756
14.9%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 227 528
15.0%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 226 887
15.2%
9
Philippines
ZAR 217 642
18.7%
10
Japan
ZAR 216 859
18.9%
11
Singapore
ZAR 214 096
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
ZAR 212 208
20.7%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 205 668
23.1%
14
India
ZAR 193 703
27.6%
15
China
ZAR 189 306
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 243 664
8.9%
1
Guatemala
ZAR 241 887
9.6%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 240 360
10.2%
3
Costa Rica
ZAR 239 448
10.5%
4
Colombia
ZAR 239 423
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 232 158
13.2%
6
Chile
ZAR 218 657
18.3%
7
Mexico
ZAR 218 614
18.3%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 211 134
21.1%
9
Peru
ZAR 207 935
22.3%
10
Brazil
ZAR 204 377
23.6%
11
Argentina
ZAR 173 776
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 230 359
13.9%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 202 569
24.3%
2
Morocco
ZAR 199 988
25.3%
3
Angola
ZAR 197 758
26.1%
4
Kenya
ZAR 196 410
26.6%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 195 614
26.9%
6
Ghana
ZAR 194 356
27.4%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 185 390
30.7%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 184 221
31.1%
9
Uganda
ZAR 179 200
33.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 177 819
33.5%
11
Zambia
ZAR 169 800
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 254 163
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 254 163
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 246 137
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 246 137
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 240 786
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 238 111
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 232 358
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 205 635
23.1%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 204 066
23.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 149 533
44.1%
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.