Total tax paid
R 108
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 70.02 to pay you R 3 501. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.31 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
3.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.1% tax rate now rises to 3.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.