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 229
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 46.09
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 1.02
Total tax
- R 47.11
Net pay
* R 182
Marginal tax rate
33.8%
Average tax rate
20.6%
79.4%
Net pay
20.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 182
Net pay
R 3.31
Tax the employer pays
R 47.11
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 50.43
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 3.31 to pay you R 229. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.20 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.6% tax rate now rises to 21.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 476 320 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 97 996. That means that your net pay will be R 378 324 per year, or R 31 527 per month. Your average tax rate is 20.6% and your marginal tax rate is 33.8%. 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 33.79, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 66.21.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 662 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 311 of net incomes.
Tax per income
R 500
R 1 000
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R 10 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 395 315
17.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 353 070
25.9%
2
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.