Total tax paid
R 5 785
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 482 to pay you R 30 500. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.90 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.4% tax rate now rises to 18.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.