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 5 271
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 52.71
Total tax
- R 52.71
Net pay
* R 5 218
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 5 218
Net pay
R 105
Tax the employer pays
R 52.71
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 158
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 105 to pay you R 5 271. 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 63 252 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 633. That means that your net pay will be R 62 619 per year, or R 5 218 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.
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Tax per income
R 5 500
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 57 774
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 54 542
13.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 60 745
4.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 64 017
7.3%
2
Brazil
ZAR 58 244
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 58 224
8.0%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 57 275
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 57 187
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 56 611
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 56 294
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 55 345
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 52 120
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 51 175
19.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 46 571
26.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 62 619
1.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 58 544
7.4%
2
Kenya
ZAR 54 286
14.2%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 53 350
15.7%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 53 295
15.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 51 521
18.6%
6
Zambia
ZAR 50 733
19.8%
7
Ghana
ZAR 49 567
21.6%
8
Angola
ZAR 48 267
23.7%
9
Senegal
ZAR 46 716
26.1%
10
Uganda
ZAR 46 438
26.6%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 45 264
28.4%
12
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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.