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 40 400
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 228
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 405
Net pay
* R 31 995
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 31 995
Net pay
R 581
Tax the employer pays
R 8 405
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 8 986
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 581 to pay you R 40 400. 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 484 800 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 100 860. That means that your net pay will be R 383 940 per year, or R 31 995 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 401 589
17.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 359 102
25.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 455 961
6.0%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 433 876
10.5%
2
Thailand
ZAR 428 226
11.7%
3
Australia
ZAR 423 864
12.6%
4
South Korea
ZAR 405 422
16.4%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 403 676
16.7%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 388 399
19.9%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 388 032
20.0%
8
Kazakhstan
ZAR 387 969
20.0%
9
Singapore
ZAR 382 409
21.1%
10
Japan
ZAR 381 527
21.3%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 380 381
21.5%
12
Philippines
ZAR 366 274
24.5%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 353 150
27.2%
14
China
ZAR 333 815
31.1%
15
India
ZAR 317 106
34.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 438 315
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 428 398
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 426 982
11.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 414 604
14.5%
4
Colombia
ZAR 399 812
17.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 396 516
18.2%
6
Chile
ZAR 390 143
19.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 376 631
22.3%
8
Peru
ZAR 371 407
23.4%
9
Brazil
ZAR 361 603
25.4%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 350 676
27.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 314 995
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 383 940
20.8%
1
Angola
ZAR 355 815
26.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 354 863
26.8%
3
Kenya
ZAR 348 492
28.1%
4
Ghana
ZAR 338 673
30.1%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 337 993
30.3%
6
Morocco
ZAR 334 510
31.0%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 332 001
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 320 419
33.9%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 317 383
34.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 311 497
35.8%
11
Zambia
ZAR 303 415
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 460 560
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 460 560
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 446 016
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 446 016
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 436 320
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 431 472
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 408 550
15.7%
7
Egypt
ZAR 368 580
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 367 011
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 285 806
41.1%
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.