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 40 500
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 8 262
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 8 439
Net pay
* R 32 061
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 32 061
Net pay
R 582
Tax the employer pays
R 8 439
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 9 021
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 582 to pay you R 40 500. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.23 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.8% tax rate now rises to 22.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 486 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 101 266. That means that your net pay will be R 384 734 per year, or R 32 061 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 33.79, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 66.21.
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.
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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
ZAR 435 771
10.3%
1
Ireland
ZAR 426 436
12.3%
2
Russia
ZAR 422 820
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
ZAR 421 256
13.3%
4
France
ZAR 412 120
15.2%
5
Norway
ZAR 396 588
18.4%
6
Hungary
ZAR 396 090
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 393 064
19.1%
8
Ukraine
ZAR 391 230
19.5%
9
Austria
ZAR 388 824
20.0%
10
Spain
ZAR 385 565
20.7%
11
Czech Republic
ZAR 382 973
21.2%
12
Italy
ZAR 348 958
28.2%
13
Sweden
ZAR 348 944
28.2%
14
Greece
ZAR 348 497
28.3%
15
Germany
ZAR 346 396
28.7%
16
Poland
ZAR 332 797
31.5%
17
Denmark
ZAR 325 905
32.9%
18
Finland
ZAR 320 310
34.1%
19
Portugal
ZAR 310 605
36.1%
20
Netherlands
ZAR 305 831
37.1%
21
Belgium
ZAR 285 369
41.3%
22
Romania
ZAR 284 310
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 402 477
17.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 359 956
25.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 457 032
6.0%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 434 913
10.5%
2
Thailand
ZAR 429 175
11.7%
3
Australia
ZAR 424 812
12.6%
4
South Korea
ZAR 406 361
16.4%
5
New Zealand
ZAR 404 589
16.8%
6
Pakistan
ZAR 389 209
19.9%
7
Kazakhstan
ZAR 388 941
20.0%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 388 905
20.0%
9
Singapore
ZAR 383 327
21.1%
10
Japan
ZAR 382 345
21.3%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 381 171
21.6%
12
Philippines
ZAR 367 084
24.5%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 353 953
27.2%
14
China
ZAR 334 414
31.2%
15
India
ZAR 317 788
34.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 439 400
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 429 397
11.7%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 427 948
11.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 415 528
14.5%
4
Colombia
ZAR 400 651
17.6%
5
Panama
ZAR 397 424
18.2%
6
Chile
ZAR 391 053
19.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 377 452
22.3%
8
Peru
ZAR 372 288
23.4%
9
Brazil
ZAR 362 473
25.4%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 351 491
27.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 315 775
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 384 734
20.8%
1
Angola
ZAR 356 688
26.6%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 355 659
26.8%
3
Kenya
ZAR 349 332
28.1%
4
Ghana
ZAR 339 466
30.2%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 338 759
30.3%
6
Morocco
ZAR 335 238
31.0%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 332 817
31.5%
8
Uganda
ZAR 321 199
33.9%
9
Cameroon
ZAR 318 114
34.5%
10
Senegal
ZAR 312 217
35.8%
11
Zambia
ZAR 304 153
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 461 700
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 461 700
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 447 120
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 447 120
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 437 400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 432 540
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 409 459
15.8%
7
Egypt
ZAR 369 480
24.0%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 367 911
24.3%
9
Turkey
ZAR 286 505
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.