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 2 798
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 188
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 27.98
Total tax
- R 216
Net pay
* R 2 582
Marginal tax rate
19.0%
Average tax rate
7.7%
92.3%
Net pay
7.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 2 582
Net pay
R 55.96
Tax the employer pays
R 216
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 272
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 55.96 to pay you R 2 798. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 0.97 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.7% tax rate now rises to 9.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 145 496 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 11 219. That means that your net pay will be R 134 277 per year, or R 11 190 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.7% and your marginal tax rate is 19.0%. 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 19, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 81.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 810 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 050 of net incomes.
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Tax per income
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 132 586
8.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 112 417
22.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
ZAR 133 929
8.0%
1
Colombia
ZAR 133 856
8.0%
2
Ecuador
ZAR 131 747
9.5%
3
Guatemala
ZAR 131 545
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
ZAR 130 219
10.5%
5
Panama
ZAR 129 491
11.0%
6
Peru
ZAR 127 309
12.5%
7
Mexico
ZAR 126 020
13.4%
8
Brazil
ZAR 124 966
14.1%
9
Chile
ZAR 119 889
17.6%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 116 251
20.1%
11
Argentina
ZAR 94 447
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 134 277
7.7%
1
Morocco
ZAR 120 895
16.9%
2
Mozambique
ZAR 114 610
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
ZAR 112 993
22.3%
4
Cameroon
ZAR 112 901
22.4%
5
Kenya
ZAR 111 214
23.6%
6
Angola
ZAR 108 687
25.3%
7
Ghana
ZAR 107 857
25.9%
8
Nigeria
ZAR 101 206
30.4%
9
Uganda
ZAR 99 871
31.4%
10
Senegal
ZAR 99 325
31.7%
11
Zambia
ZAR 97 201
33.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 138 221
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 138 221
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 133 856
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 133 856
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 130 946
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 129 492
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 126 363
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 113 905
21.7%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 112 533
22.7%
9
Turkey
ZAR 87 021
40.2%
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.