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 8 564
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 173
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 85.64
Total tax
- R 258
Net pay
* R 8 306
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
3.0%
97.0%
Net pay
3.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 8 306
Net pay
R 171
Tax the employer pays
R 258
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 430
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 171 to pay you R 8 564. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.50 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3% tax rate now rises to 4.9%, 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 102 768 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 3 101. That means that your net pay will be R 99 667 per year, or R 8 306 per month. Your average tax rate is 3.0% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
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Tax per income
R 8 500
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R 10 500
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R 18 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 93 867
8.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 82 451
19.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 102 768
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 102 768
0.0%
2
Pakistan
ZAR 98 492
4.2%
3
Thailand
ZAR 97 085
5.5%
4
Philippines
ZAR 94 478
8.1%
5
Taiwan
ZAR 93 672
8.9%
6
Indonesia
ZAR 91 476
11.0%
7
South Korea
ZAR 91 019
11.4%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 90 667
11.8%
9
New Zealand
ZAR 90 549
11.9%
10
India
ZAR 90 436
12.0%
11
Singapore
ZAR 89 760
12.7%
12
Vietnam
ZAR 84 588
17.7%
13
Japan
ZAR 83 508
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
ZAR 81 392
20.8%
15
China
ZAR 77 256
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
ZAR 95 187
8.0%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 94 598
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 93 057
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 92 914
9.6%
4
Brazil
ZAR 92 202
10.3%
5
Costa Rica
ZAR 91 977
10.5%
6
Mexico
ZAR 91 966
10.5%
7
Panama
ZAR 91 463
11.0%
8
Peru
ZAR 89 922
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 84 681
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 82 112
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 66 674
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 99 667
3.0%
1
Morocco
ZAR 91 219
11.2%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 83 534
18.7%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 82 897
19.3%
4
Mozambique
ZAR 81 948
20.3%
5
Kenya
ZAR 81 625
20.6%
6
Ghana
ZAR 77 574
24.5%
7
Angola
ZAR 77 386
24.7%
8
Zambia
ZAR 73 060
28.9%
9
Senegal
ZAR 72 165
29.8%
10
Nigeria
ZAR 72 143
29.8%
11
Uganda
ZAR 72 098
29.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 97 630
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 97 630
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 94 547
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 94 547
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 92 491
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 91 464
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 89 254
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 80 841
21.3%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 80 487
21.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 63 268
38.4%
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.