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 5 908
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 59.08
Total tax
- R 59.08
Net pay
* R 5 849
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 5 849
Net pay
R 118
Tax the employer pays
R 59.08
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 177
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 118 to pay you R 5 908. 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 70 896 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 709. That means that your net pay will be R 70 187 per year, or R 5 849 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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R 15 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 64 756
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 60 145
15.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 70 896
0.0%
1
Singapore
ZAR 70 896
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
ZAR 70 896
0.0%
3
Pakistan
ZAR 69 903
1.4%
4
Philippines
ZAR 67 402
4.9%
5
Thailand
ZAR 67 351
5.0%
6
Indonesia
ZAR 64 891
8.5%
7
Taiwan
ZAR 64 621
8.9%
8
South Korea
ZAR 63 174
10.9%
9
Malaysia
ZAR 62 528
11.8%
10
New Zealand
ZAR 62 466
11.9%
11
India
ZAR 62 388
12.0%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 59 244
16.4%
13
Japan
ZAR 57 609
18.7%
14
China
ZAR 56 818
19.9%
15
Kazakhstan
ZAR 56 150
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
ZAR 67 148
5.3%
1
Colombia
ZAR 71 049
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 65 260
8.0%
3
Brazil
ZAR 65 152
8.1%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 64 196
9.5%
5
Guatemala
ZAR 64 098
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 63 452
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 63 097
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 62 034
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 58 418
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 56 672
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 47 976
32.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 70 187
1.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 64 960
8.4%
2
Kenya
ZAR 59 529
16.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 59 366
16.3%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 59 345
16.3%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 57 406
19.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 55 052
22.4%
7
Ghana
ZAR 54 984
22.4%
8
Angola
ZAR 53 903
24.0%
9
Senegal
ZAR 51 639
27.2%
10
Uganda
ZAR 51 381
27.5%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 50 463
28.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 70 896
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 67 351
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 67 351
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 65 224
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 65 224
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 63 097
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 61 573
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 56 583
20.2%
8
Egypt
ZAR 55 964
21.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 44 705
36.9%
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.