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 2 652
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 26.52
Total tax
- R 26.52
Net pay
* R 2 625
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 2 625
Net pay
R 53.04
Tax the employer pays
R 26.52
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 79.56
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 53.04 to pay you R 2 652. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 31 824 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 318. That means that your net pay will be R 31 506 per year, or R 2 625 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 99.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 990 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 2 500
R 3 000
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R 4 500
R 5 000
R 5 500
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R 9 500
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R 11 500
R 12 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
ZAR 29 121
8.5%
1
USA
ZAR 29 068
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 31 824
0.0%
1
Singapore
ZAR 31 824
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
ZAR 31 824
0.0%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 31 629
0.6%
4
Thailand
ZAR 30 233
5.0%
5
Philippines
ZAR 29 817
6.3%
6
Indonesia
ZAR 29 195
8.3%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 29 007
8.9%
8
South Korea
ZAR 28 422
10.7%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 28 040
11.9%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 28 024
11.9%
11
India
ZAR 28 005
12.0%
12
China
ZAR 27 628
13.2%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 27 058
15.0%
14
Japan
ZAR 25 860
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
ZAR 25 205
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 31 068
2.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 29 437
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 29 294
8.0%
3
Colombia
ZAR 29 278
8.0%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 28 817
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 28 773
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 28 482
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 28 323
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 27 846
12.5%
9
Argentina
ZAR 26 414
17.0%
10
Chile
ZAR 26 223
17.6%
11
Uruguay
ZAR 26 064
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 31 506
1.0%
1
Zambia
ZAR 29 915
6.0%
2
Morocco
ZAR 29 679
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 27 986
12.1%
4
Kenya
ZAR 27 786
12.7%
5
Cameroon
ZAR 26 851
15.6%
6
Mozambique
ZAR 26 538
16.6%
7
Senegal
ZAR 26 292
17.4%
8
Uganda
ZAR 26 280
17.4%
9
Ghana
ZAR 25 968
18.4%
10
Angola
ZAR 24 814
22.0%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 23 707
25.5%
12
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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.