Total tax paid
R 4 901
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 452 to pay you R 27 490. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.78 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.2% tax rate now rises to 17.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.