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 831
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 86.41
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 8.12
Total tax
- R 94.52
Net pay
* R 736
Marginal tax rate
18.4%
Average tax rate
11.4%
88.6%
Net pay
11.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 736
Net pay
R 16.43
Tax the employer pays
R 94.52
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 111
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 16.43 to pay you R 831. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
13.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.4% tax rate now rises to 13.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 216 060 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 24 576. That means that your net pay will be R 191 484 per year, or R 15 957 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.4% and your marginal tax rate is 18.4%. 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 18.38, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.62.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 816 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 081 of net incomes.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 194 568
10.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 164 726
23.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 199 044
7.9%
1
Colombia
ZAR 196 150
9.2%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 195 483
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 195 343
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 193 374
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 192 293
11.0%
6
Mexico
ZAR 179 559
16.9%
7
Chile
ZAR 177 934
17.7%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 172 632
20.1%
9
Brazil
ZAR 171 931
20.4%
10
Peru
ZAR 169 196
21.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 140 314
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 205 257
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 205 257
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 198 775
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 198 775
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 194 454
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 192 293
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 187 648
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 167 025
22.7%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 165 456
23.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 122 473
43.3%
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.