Total tax paid
R 4 795
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 448 to pay you R 27 096. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.77 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16% tax rate now rises to 17.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.