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 7 776
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 77.76
Total tax
- R 77.76
Net pay
* R 7 698
Marginal tax rate
1.0%
Average tax rate
1.0%
99.0%
Net pay
1.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 7 698
Net pay
R 156
Tax the employer pays
R 77.76
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 233
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 156 to pay you R 7 776. 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.
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Summary
If you make R 7 776 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 77.76. That means that your net pay will be R 7 698 per year, or R 642 per month. Your average tax rate is 1.0% and your marginal tax rate is 1.0%. 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 1, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 99.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 990 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 4 950 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 7 500
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R 9 500
R 10 000
R 10 500
R 11 000
R 11 500
R 12 000
R 12 500
R 13 000
R 13 500
R 14 000
R 14 500
R 15 000
R 15 500
R 16 000
R 16 500
R 17 000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
ZAR 7 653
1.6%
1
USA
ZAR 7 103
8.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 7 776
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 7 387
5.0%
2
Qatar
ZAR 7 387
5.0%
3
Bahrain
ZAR 7 154
8.0%
4
Oman
ZAR 7 154
8.0%
5
Egypt
ZAR 6 993
10.1%
6
Lebanon
ZAR 6 958
10.5%
7
Kuwait
ZAR 6 920
11.0%
8
Israel
ZAR 6 753
13.2%
9
Turkey
ZAR 6 551
15.8%
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.