Total tax paid
R 5 760
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 481 to pay you R 30 422. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.89 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.4% tax rate now rises to 18.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.