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 3 384
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 33.84
Total tax
- R 33.84
Net pay
* R 3 350
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 3 350
Net pay
R 67.68
Tax the employer pays
R 33.84
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 102
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 67.68 to pay you R 3 384. 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 40 608 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 406. That means that your net pay will be R 40 202 per year, or R 3 350 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 37 091
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 36 426
10.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 40 608
0.0%
1
Singapore
ZAR 40 608
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
ZAR 40 608
0.0%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 40 371
0.6%
4
Thailand
ZAR 38 578
5.0%
5
Philippines
ZAR 38 183
6.0%
6
Indonesia
ZAR 37 290
8.2%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 37 014
8.9%
8
South Korea
ZAR 36 268
10.7%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 35 820
11.8%
10
New Zealand
ZAR 35 780
11.9%
11
India
ZAR 35 735
12.0%
12
China
ZAR 35 254
13.2%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 34 501
15.0%
14
Japan
ZAR 32 997
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
ZAR 32 162
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 39 644
2.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 37 562
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 37 380
8.0%
3
Colombia
ZAR 37 359
8.0%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 36 771
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 36 714
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 36 344
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 36 141
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 35 532
12.5%
9
Argentina
ZAR 33 705
17.0%
10
Chile
ZAR 33 461
17.6%
11
Uruguay
ZAR 33 258
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 40 202
1.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 37 871
6.7%
2
Zambia
ZAR 36 613
9.8%
3
Kenya
ZAR 35 308
13.1%
4
Ivory Coast
ZAR 35 240
13.2%
5
Cameroon
ZAR 34 262
15.6%
6
Mozambique
ZAR 33 697
17.0%
7
Ghana
ZAR 32 816
19.2%
8
Senegal
ZAR 32 398
20.2%
9
Uganda
ZAR 31 867
21.5%
10
Angola
ZAR 31 456
22.5%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 29 861
26.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 40 608
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 38 578
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 38 578
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 37 359
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 37 359
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 36 141
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 35 268
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 33 678
17.1%
8
Egypt
ZAR 31 857
21.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 27 065
33.4%
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.