Total tax paid
R 4 286
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 429 to pay you R 25 210. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.70 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.3% tax rate now rises to 16.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.