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 12 655 872
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 5 513 689
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 2 125
Total tax
- R 5 515 815
Net pay
* R 7 140 057
Marginal tax rate
45.0%
Average tax rate
43.6%
56.4%
Net pay
43.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 7 140 057
Net pay
R 128 684
Tax the employer pays
R 5 515 815
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 5 644 499
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 128 684 to pay you R 12 655 872. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 4.46 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.6% tax rate now rises to 44.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 12 655 872 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 5 515 815. That means that your net pay will be R 7 140 057 per year, or R 595 005 per month. Your average tax rate is 43.6% 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 7 378 423
41.7%
1
Canada
ZAR 6 303 087
50.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 11 215 475
11.4%
1
Brazil
ZAR 9 185 631
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 8 699 630
31.3%
3
Panama
ZAR 8 567 754
32.3%
4
Mexico
ZAR 8 313 302
34.3%
5
Puerto Rico
ZAR 8 284 607
34.5%
6
Argentina
ZAR 8 226 191
35.0%
7
Uruguay
ZAR 8 178 933
35.4%
8
Colombia
ZAR 8 145 089
35.6%
9
Chile
ZAR 8 033 516
36.5%
10
Peru
ZAR 7 893 866
37.6%
11
Ecuador
ZAR 7 465 782
41.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 9 210 270
27.2%
1
Kenya
ZAR 8 868 242
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
ZAR 8 613 938
31.9%
3
Nigeria
ZAR 8 610 764
32.0%
4
Ghana
ZAR 8 389 837
33.7%
5
Mozambique
ZAR 8 266 176
34.7%
6
Zambia
ZAR 7 788 624
38.5%
7
Cameroon
ZAR 7 727 740
38.9%
8
Morocco
ZAR 7 710 034
39.1%
9
Senegal
ZAR 7 614 140
39.8%
10
South Africa
ZAR 7 140 057
43.6%
11
Uganda
ZAR 7 025 123
44.5%
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.