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 4 400
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 1 373
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 8.17
Total tax
- R 1 381
Net pay
* R 3 019
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
31.4%
68.6%
Net pay
31.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 3 019
Net pay
R 52.17
Tax the employer pays
R 1 381
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 1 433
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 52.17 to pay you R 4 400. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3.26 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
32.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.4% tax rate now rises to 32.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 1 144 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 358 976. That means that your net pay will be R 785 024 per year, or R 65 419 per month. Your average tax rate is 31.4% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. 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 41, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 590 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 950 of net incomes.
Tax per income
R 4 500
R 5 000
R 5 500
R 6 000
R 6 500
R 7 000
R 7 500
R 8 000
R 8 500
R 9 000
R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
ZAR 995 280
13.0%
1
Switzerland
ZAR 941 408
17.7%
2
Hungary
ZAR 932 360
18.5%
3
Ukraine
ZAR 920 920
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
ZAR 869 893
24.0%
5
United Kingdom
ZAR 860 471
24.8%
6
France
ZAR 840 815
26.5%
7
Norway
ZAR 822 227
28.1%
8
Ireland
ZAR 809 377
29.3%
9
Spain
ZAR 798 424
30.2%
10
Denmark
ZAR 765 599
33.1%
11
Austria
ZAR 744 398
34.9%
12
Sweden
ZAR 744 297
34.9%
13
Luxembourg
ZAR 739 526
35.4%
14
Netherlands
ZAR 719 920
37.1%
15
Poland
ZAR 708 184
38.1%
16
Greece
ZAR 705 656
38.3%
17
Germany
ZAR 686 315
40.0%
18
Romania
ZAR 669 240
41.5%
19
Finland
ZAR 652 740
42.9%
20
Italy
ZAR 644 333
43.7%
21
Portugal
ZAR 618 037
46.0%
22
Belgium
ZAR 526 850
54.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 873 780
23.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 809 247
29.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 1 008 732
11.8%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 968 289
15.4%
2
Kazakhstan
ZAR 921 921
19.4%
3
Thailand
ZAR 919 519
19.6%
4
Singapore
ZAR 897 038
21.6%
5
South Korea
ZAR 896 453
21.6%
6
Australia
ZAR 861 994
24.7%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 848 110
25.9%
8
Japan
ZAR 841 764
26.4%
9
Indonesia
ZAR 840 387
26.5%
10
Pakistan
ZAR 824 237
28.0%
11
China
ZAR 813 000
28.9%
12
Malaysia
ZAR 808 717
29.3%
13
Philippines
ZAR 799 421
30.1%
14
Vietnam
ZAR 773 202
32.4%
15
India
ZAR 661 269
42.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 1 026 535
10.3%
1
Chile
ZAR 942 573
17.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 929 545
18.8%
3
Puerto Rico
ZAR 911 257
20.3%
4
Panama
ZAR 883 580
22.8%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 879 391
23.1%
6
Peru
ZAR 842 470
26.4%
7
Colombia
ZAR 840 541
26.5%
8
Brazil
ZAR 839 523
26.6%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 833 905
27.1%
10
Mexico
ZAR 814 168
28.8%
11
Argentina
ZAR 743 475
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 835 383
27.0%
1
Kenya
ZAR 809 932
29.2%
2
South Africa
ZAR 785 024
31.4%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 783 460
31.5%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 780 389
31.8%
5
Ghana
ZAR 774 733
32.3%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 759 100
33.7%
7
Morocco
ZAR 733 978
35.8%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 718 737
37.2%
9
Zambia
ZAR 708 823
38.0%
10
Senegal
ZAR 707 017
38.2%
11
Uganda
ZAR 693 593
39.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 1 086 800
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 1 086 800
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 1 052 480
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 1 052 480
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 1 029 600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 1 020 312
10.8%
6
Egypt
ZAR 862 980
24.6%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 861 411
24.7%
8
Israel
ZAR 857 377
25.1%
9
Turkey
ZAR 669 731
41.5%
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.