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 3 313
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 33.13
Total tax
- R 33.13
Net pay
* R 3 280
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 3 280
Net pay
R 66.26
Tax the employer pays
R 33.13
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 99.39
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 66.26 to pay you R 3 313. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 39 756 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 398. That means that your net pay will be R 39 358 per year, or R 3 280 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 99.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 990 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 950 of net incomes.
Tax per income
R 3 500
R 4 000
R 4 500
R 5 000
R 5 500
R 6 000
R 6 500
R 7 000
R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 36 313
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 35 734
10.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 39 756
0.0%
1
Singapore
ZAR 39 756
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
ZAR 39 756
0.0%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 39 523
0.6%
4
Thailand
ZAR 37 768
5.0%
5
Philippines
ZAR 37 375
6.0%
6
Indonesia
ZAR 36 505
8.2%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 36 237
8.9%
8
South Korea
ZAR 35 507
10.7%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 35 070
11.8%
10
New Zealand
ZAR 35 029
11.9%
11
India
ZAR 34 985
12.0%
12
China
ZAR 34 514
13.2%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 33 788
15.0%
14
Japan
ZAR 32 305
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
ZAR 31 487
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 38 812
2.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 36 774
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 36 595
8.0%
3
Colombia
ZAR 36 576
8.0%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 35 999
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 35 944
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 35 582
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 35 383
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 34 786
12.5%
9
Argentina
ZAR 32 997
17.0%
10
Chile
ZAR 32 759
17.6%
11
Uruguay
ZAR 32 560
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 39 358
1.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 37 076
6.7%
2
Zambia
ZAR 36 028
9.4%
3
Kenya
ZAR 34 603
13.0%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 34 540
13.1%
5
Cameroon
ZAR 33 543
15.6%
6
Mozambique
ZAR 33 004
17.0%
7
Ghana
ZAR 32 152
19.1%
8
Senegal
ZAR 31 831
19.9%
9
Uganda
ZAR 31 325
21.2%
10
Angola
ZAR 30 818
22.5%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 29 280
26.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 39 756
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 37 768
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 37 768
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 36 576
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 36 576
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 35 383
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 34 528
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 33 005
17.0%
8
Egypt
ZAR 31 203
21.5%
9
Turkey
ZAR 26 569
33.2%
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.