Total tax paid
R 510
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 179 to pay you R 8 948. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.57 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3.7% tax rate now rises to 5.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.