Total tax paid
R 20.49
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 13.66 to pay you R 683. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.30 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
2.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1% tax rate now rises to 2.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.