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 7 208
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 12.02
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 72.08
Total tax
- R 84.10
Net pay
* R 7 124
Marginal tax rate
3.6%
Average tax rate
1.2%
98.8%
Net pay
1.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 7 124
Net pay
R 144
Tax the employer pays
R 84.10
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 228
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 144 to pay you R 7 208. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.32 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.2% tax rate now rises to 3.1%, 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 86 496 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 009. That means that your net pay will be R 85 487 per year, or R 7 124 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.2% and your marginal tax rate is 3.6%. 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 3.63, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 96.37.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 964 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 819 of net incomes.
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Tax per income
R 7 500
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R 10 000
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R 17 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 79 005
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 71 151
17.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
ZAR 85 401
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 79 620
8.0%
2
Brazil
ZAR 78 780
8.9%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 78 322
9.5%
4
Guatemala
ZAR 78 202
9.6%
5
Mexico
ZAR 78 169
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
ZAR 77 414
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 76 981
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 75 684
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 71 273
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 69 110
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 56 392
34.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 85 487
1.2%
1
Morocco
ZAR 78 054
9.8%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 71 694
17.1%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 71 106
17.8%
4
Kenya
ZAR 70 269
18.8%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 69 418
19.7%
6
Ghana
ZAR 66 041
23.7%
7
Angola
ZAR 65 403
24.4%
8
Zambia
ZAR 63 866
26.2%
9
Senegal
ZAR 61 685
28.7%
10
Uganda
ZAR 61 521
28.9%
11
Nigeria
ZAR 61 075
29.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 83 236
3.8%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 82 171
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 82 171
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 79 576
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 79 577
8.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 76 982
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 75 122
13.2%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 68 283
21.1%
8
Egypt
ZAR 68 230
21.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 53 791
37.8%
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.