Total tax paid
R 268
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 156 to pay you R 7 792. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.4% tax rate now rises to 3.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2% higher than what it seemed at first.