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 15 750
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 7 000
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 7 001
Net pay
* R 8 749
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
44.5%
55.5%
Net pay
44.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 8 749
Net pay
R 159
Tax the employer pays
R 7 001
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 7 160
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 159 to pay you R 15 750. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.55 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44.5% tax rate now rises to 45.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 32 760 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 14 562 672. That means that your net pay will be R 18 197 328 per year, or R 1 516 444 per month. Your average tax rate is 44.5% 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.
Tax per income
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
R 24 500
R 25 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 18 093 923
44.8%
1
Canada
ZAR 15 645 555
52.2%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 23 836 023
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 22 941 132
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 22 331 487
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 22 285 592
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 21 688 717
33.8%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 21 333 859
34.9%
6
Zambia
ZAR 20 152 663
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 19 968 139
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 19 892 894
39.3%
9
Senegal
ZAR 19 676 617
39.9%
10
South Africa
ZAR 18 197 328
44.5%
11
Uganda
ZAR 18 082 393
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
ZAR 32 568 697
0.6%
1
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 32 500 339
0.8%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 32 271 379
1.5%
3
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 31 122 000
5.0%
4
Qatar
ZAR 31 122 000
5.0%
5
Oman
ZAR 30 139 200
8.0%
6
Egypt
ZAR 24 574 980
25.0%
7
Lebanon
ZAR 24 573 411
25.0%
8
Turkey
ZAR 19 083 205
41.8%
9
Israel
ZAR 16 821 592
48.7%
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.