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 14 407
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 785
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 8.17
Total tax
- R 5 793
Net pay
* R 8 614
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
40.2%
59.8%
Net pay
40.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 8 614
Net pay
R 152
Tax the employer pays
R 5 793
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 946
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 152 to pay you R 14 407. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.13 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.2% tax rate now rises to 40.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.59999999999999% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 3 745 820 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 1 506 291. That means that your net pay will be R 2 239 529 per year, or R 186 627 per month. Your average tax rate is 40.2% 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 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
R 17 500
R 18 000
R 18 500
R 19 000
R 19 500
R 20 000
R 20 500
R 21 000
R 21 500
R 22 000
R 22 500
R 23 000
R 23 500
R 24 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 2 509 385
33.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 2 161 151
42.3%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 3 558 529
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 3 558 529
5.0%
2
Kuwait
ZAR 3 554 516
5.1%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 3 547 341
5.3%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 3 486 159
6.9%
5
Oman
ZAR 3 446 154
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 2 814 345
24.9%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 2 812 776
24.9%
8
Israel
ZAR 2 314 502
38.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 2 185 057
41.7%
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.