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 40 277
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 186
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 363
Net pay
* R 31 914
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
20.8%
79.2%
Net pay
20.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 31 914
Net pay
R 580
Tax the employer pays
R 8 363
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 8 943
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 580 to pay you R 40 277. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.22 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.8% tax rate now rises to 21.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 483 324 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 100 362. That means that your net pay will be R 382 962 per year, or R 31 914 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.8% and your marginal tax rate is 33.8%. 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 33.78, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 66.22.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 662 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 311 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 40 500
R 41 000
R 41 500
R 42 000
R 42 500
R 43 000
R 43 500
R 44 000
R 44 500
R 45 000
R 45 500
R 46 000
R 46 500
R 47 000
R 47 500
R 48 000
R 48 500
R 49 000
R 49 500
R 50 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 400 497
17.1%
1
Canada
ZAR 358 052
25.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 436 980
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 427 169
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 425 793
11.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 413 468
14.5%
4
Colombia
ZAR 398 779
17.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 395 399
18.2%
6
Chile
ZAR 389 024
19.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 375 621
22.3%
8
Peru
ZAR 370 313
23.4%
9
Brazil
ZAR 360 533
25.4%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 349 673
27.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 314 035
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 459 158
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 459 158
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 444 658
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 444 658
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 434 992
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 430 158
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 407 433
15.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 367 473
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 365 904
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 284 946
41.0%
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.