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 105
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 11
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 12.02
Net pay
* R 92.98
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 92.98
Net pay
R 2.07
Tax the employer pays
R 12.02
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 14.09
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 2.07 to pay you R 105. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
13.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.4% tax rate now rises to 13.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 218 400 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 25 006. That means that your net pay will be R 193 394 per year, or R 16 116 per month. Your average tax rate is 11.5% 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.
Tax per income
R 500
R 1 000
R 1 500
R 2 000
R 2 500
R 3 000
R 3 500
R 4 000
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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
ZAR 218 400
0.0%
1
Ireland
ZAR 218 400
0.0%
2
Spain
ZAR 204 532
6.4%
3
Switzerland
ZAR 203 058
7.0%
4
France
ZAR 196 758
9.9%
5
Norway
ZAR 195 924
10.3%
6
Italy
ZAR 194 882
10.8%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 192 624
11.8%
8
Russia
ZAR 190 008
13.0%
9
Austria
ZAR 185 690
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
ZAR 184 949
15.3%
11
Hungary
ZAR 177 996
18.5%
12
Ukraine
ZAR 175 812
19.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 175 430
19.7%
14
Greece
ZAR 170 393
22.0%
15
Sweden
ZAR 169 435
22.4%
16
Poland
ZAR 161 922
25.9%
17
Portugal
ZAR 155 065
29.0%
18
Finland
ZAR 151 242
30.8%
19
Belgium
ZAR 148 512
32.0%
20
Denmark
ZAR 145 844
33.2%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 137 438
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 127 764
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 196 616
10.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 166 461
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
ZAR 217 541
0.4%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 207 480
5.0%
2
Thailand
ZAR 204 035
6.6%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 199 069
8.9%
4
Pakistan
ZAR 194 787
10.8%
5
South Korea
ZAR 191 574
12.3%
6
Malaysia
ZAR 188 735
13.6%
7
New Zealand
ZAR 187 671
14.1%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 186 814
14.5%
9
Philippines
ZAR 181 958
16.7%
10
Japan
ZAR 177 469
18.7%
11
Singapore
ZAR 174 818
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
ZAR 172 973
20.8%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 170 484
21.9%
14
India
ZAR 165 782
24.1%
15
China
ZAR 155 030
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 201 147
7.9%
1
Colombia
ZAR 198 148
9.3%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 197 570
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 197 459
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 195 468
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 194 211
11.1%
6
Mexico
ZAR 181 334
17.0%
7
Chile
ZAR 179 785
17.7%
8
Uruguay
ZAR 174 502
20.1%
9
Brazil
ZAR 173 390
20.6%
10
Peru
ZAR 170 957
21.7%
11
Argentina
ZAR 141 835
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 193 394
11.5%
1
Morocco
ZAR 168 288
22.9%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 167 188
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 163 218
25.3%
4
Kenya
ZAR 162 012
25.8%
5
Angola
ZAR 161 983
25.8%
6
Ghana
ZAR 159 528
27.0%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 156 361
28.4%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 150 796
31.0%
9
Uganda
ZAR 147 259
32.6%
10
Senegal
ZAR 146 537
32.9%
11
Zambia
ZAR 139 579
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 207 480
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 207 480
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 200 928
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 200 928
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 196 560
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 194 376
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 189 680
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 168 780
22.7%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 167 211
23.4%
9
Turkey
ZAR 123 648
43.4%
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.