Total tax paid
R 331
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 162 to pay you R 8 094. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.41 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.1% tax rate now rises to 4.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.