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 442
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 16.39
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 4.42
Total tax
- R 20.81
Net pay
* R 421
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
4.7%
95.3%
Net pay
4.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 421
Net pay
R 8.84
Tax the employer pays
R 20.81
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 29.65
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 8.84 to pay you R 442. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.67 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.7% tax rate now rises to 6.6%, 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 114 920 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 410. That means that your net pay will be R 109 510 per year, or R 9 126 per month. Your average tax rate is 4.7% 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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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 104 992
8.6%
1
Canada
ZAR 90 890
20.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 105 784
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 105 726
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 104 060
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 103 901
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 102 853
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 102 279
11.0%
6
Brazil
ZAR 101 952
11.3%
7
Mexico
ZAR 101 836
11.4%
8
Peru
ZAR 100 555
12.5%
9
Chile
ZAR 94 694
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 91 821
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 74 573
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 109 510
4.7%
1
Morocco
ZAR 100 149
12.9%
2
Cameroon
ZAR 91 886
20.0%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 91 703
20.2%
4
Mozambique
ZAR 91 305
20.6%
5
Kenya
ZAR 90 018
21.7%
6
Angola
ZAR 86 295
24.9%
7
Ghana
ZAR 86 186
25.0%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 80 409
30.0%
9
Uganda
ZAR 79 997
30.4%
10
Zambia
ZAR 79 925
30.5%
11
Senegal
ZAR 79 915
30.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 109 174
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 109 174
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 105 727
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 105 726
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 103 428
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 102 279
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 99 808
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 90 259
21.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 89 601
22.0%
9
Turkey
ZAR 70 345
38.8%
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.