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 26 700
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 4 067
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 4 244
Net pay
* R 22 456
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
15.9%
84.1%
Net pay
15.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 22 456
Net pay
R 444
Tax the employer pays
R 4 244
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 4 688
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 444 to pay you R 26 700. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.76 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.9% tax rate now rises to 17.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 320 400 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 50 924. That means that your net pay will be R 269 476 per year, or R 22 456 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.9% 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.
Tax per income
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
R 32 500
R 33 000
R 33 500
R 34 000
R 34 500
R 35 000
R 35 500
R 36 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 277 406
13.4%
1
Canada
ZAR 238 375
25.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 289 678
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 288 780
9.9%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 286 758
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 284 351
11.3%
4
Colombia
ZAR 279 988
12.6%
5
Panama
ZAR 272 147
15.1%
6
Chile
ZAR 260 471
18.7%
7
Mexico
ZAR 257 973
19.5%
8
Peru
ZAR 247 712
22.7%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 243 378
24.0%
10
Brazil
ZAR 242 413
24.3%
11
Argentina
ZAR 208 135
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 269 476
15.9%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 240 628
24.9%
2
Angola
ZAR 236 214
26.3%
3
Morocco
ZAR 233 952
27.0%
4
Kenya
ZAR 233 412
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 230 408
28.1%
6
Ghana
ZAR 229 922
28.2%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 220 176
31.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 217 288
32.2%
9
Uganda
ZAR 213 559
33.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 211 053
34.1%
11
Zambia
ZAR 202 309
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 304 380
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 304 380
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 294 768
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 294 768
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 288 360
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 285 156
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 278 265
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 245 280
23.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 243 711
23.9%
9
Turkey
ZAR 182 962
42.9%
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.