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 71 407
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 19 931
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 20 108
Net pay
*
R 51 299
Marginal tax rate
40.7%
Average tax rate
28.2%
71.8%
Net pay
28.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 51 299
Net pay
R 891
Tax the employer pays
R 20 108
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 20 999
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 891 to pay you R 71 407. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.94 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.2% tax rate now rises to 29.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make R 856 884 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 241 292. That means that your net pay will be R 615 592 per year, or R 51 299 per month. Your average tax rate is 28.2% and your marginal tax rate is 40.7%. 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 40.74, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.26.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 593 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 963 of net incomes.
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 676 890
21.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 611 736
28.6%
2
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.