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 837 749 112
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 376 971 979
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 376 972 156
Net pay
* R 460 776 956
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 460 776 956
Net pay
R 8 377 668
Tax the employer pays
R 376 972 156
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 385 349 825
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 8 377 668 to pay you R 837 749 112. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 10 052 989 344 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 4 523 665 877. That means that your net pay will be R 5 529 323 467 per year, or R 460 776 956 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% and your marginal tax rate is 45.0%. 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 45, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 55.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 550 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 750 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 190 500
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Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 9 047 567 721
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 8 344 040 367
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 7 841 486 233
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 6 795 887 768
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 6 534 472 771
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 6 534 523 710
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 6 534 691 803
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 6 241 357 572
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 6 132 515 629
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 6 032 248 263
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 5 931 513 887
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 5 529 656 649
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 5 418 317 724
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 5 328 431 051
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 5 241 047 180
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 1 160 735 857
88.5%
16
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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.