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 670 925 407
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 301 908 873
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 88.56
Total tax
- R 301 908 961
Net pay
* R 369 016 446
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 369 016 446
Net pay
R 6 709 343
Tax the employer pays
R 301 908 961
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 308 618 304
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 6 709 343 to pay you R 670 925 407. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, 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 16 102 209 768 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 7 245 815 068. That means that your net pay will be R 8 856 394 700 per year, or R 738 032 892 per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% 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.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 8 583 110 649
46.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 7 483 183 140
53.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
ZAR 14 491 866 102
10.0%
1
Hong Kong
ZAR 13 364 893 319
17.0%
2
Singapore
ZAR 12 559 878 164
22.0%
3
Indonesia
ZAR 10 885 160 732
32.4%
4
Vietnam
ZAR 10 466 466 104
35.0%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 10 466 516 986
35.0%
6
Thailand
ZAR 10 466 685 079
35.0%
7
Philippines
ZAR 9 996 915 100
37.9%
8
New Zealand
ZAR 9 822 540 087
39.0%
9
Taiwan
ZAR 9 661 780 517
40.0%
10
Malaysia
ZAR 9 500 493 445
41.0%
11
China
ZAR 8 856 727 882
45.0%
12
Japan
ZAR 8 678 414 106
46.1%
13
Australia
ZAR 8 534 517 876
47.0%
14
South Korea
ZAR 8 394 426 427
47.9%
15
India
ZAR 1 856 820 792
88.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 14 251 773 926
11.5%
1
Brazil
ZAR 11 674 112 205
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 10 808 812 683
32.9%
3
Panama
ZAR 10 748 344 980
33.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 10 466 523 335
35.0%
5
Argentina
ZAR 10 466 436 224
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
ZAR 10 410 181 201
35.4%
7
Peru
ZAR 9 862 745 627
38.8%
8
Colombia
ZAR 9 822 387 220
39.0%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 9 780 330 387
39.3%
10
Chile
ZAR 9 661 765 853
40.0%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 9 185 993 145
43.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 11 714 360 729
27.3%
1
Kenya
ZAR 11 271 555 970
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 10 986 918 800
31.8%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 10 952 725 324
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 10 651 629 739
33.9%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 10 466 476 209
35.0%
6
Zambia
ZAR 9 902 864 270
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 9 803 852 630
39.1%
8
Morocco
ZAR 9 757 786 620
39.4%
9
Senegal
ZAR 9 661 346 477
40.0%
10
South Africa
ZAR 8 856 394 700
45.0%
11
Uganda
ZAR 8 856 279 765
45.0%
12
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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.