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 840 000
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 232 287
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 2 125
Total tax
- R 234 412
Net pay
* R 605 588
Marginal tax rate
40.8%
Average tax rate
27.9%
72.1%
Net pay
27.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 605 588
Net pay
R 10 525
Tax the employer pays
R 234 412
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 244 938
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 10 525 to pay you R 840 000. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.92 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.9% tax rate now rises to 28.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 840 000 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 234 412. That means that your net pay will be R 605 588 per year, or R 50 466 per month. Your average tax rate is 27.9% and your marginal tax rate is 40.8%. 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 40.75, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.25.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 593 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 963 of net incomes.
Tax per income
R 190 500
R 191 000
R 191 500
R 192 000
R 192 500
R 193 000
R 193 500
R 194 000
R 194 500
R 195 000
R 195 500
R 196 000
R 196 500
R 197 000
R 197 500
R 198 000
R 198 500
R 199 000
R 199 500
R 200 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
ZAR 730 800
13.0%
1
Switzerland
ZAR 715 433
14.8%
2
Hungary
ZAR 684 600
18.5%
3
Ukraine
ZAR 676 200
19.5%
4
United Kingdom
ZAR 657 551
21.7%
5
Ireland
ZAR 652 816
22.3%
6
France
ZAR 648 383
22.8%
7
Czech Republic
ZAR 644 933
23.2%
8
Norway
ZAR 630 228
25.0%
9
Spain
ZAR 611 573
27.2%
10
Luxembourg
ZAR 599 178
28.7%
11
Sweden
ZAR 591 213
29.6%
12
Austria
ZAR 585 437
30.3%
13
Denmark
ZAR 565 894
32.6%
14
Greece
ZAR 555 743
33.8%
15
Germany
ZAR 536 893
36.1%
16
Poland
ZAR 533 219
36.5%
17
Netherlands
ZAR 528 619
37.1%
18
Finland
ZAR 507 691
39.6%
19
Italy
ZAR 501 638
40.3%
20
Romania
ZAR 491 400
41.5%
21
Portugal
ZAR 484 277
42.4%
22
Belgium
ZAR 410 991
51.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 664 398
20.9%
1
Canada
ZAR 599 904
28.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 756 840
9.9%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 729 804
13.1%
2
Thailand
ZAR 696 575
17.1%
3
South Korea
ZAR 678 857
19.2%
4
Kazakhstan
ZAR 675 681
19.6%
5
Australia
ZAR 662 874
21.1%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 648 655
22.8%
7
Singapore
ZAR 643 593
23.4%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 634 290
24.5%
9
Pakistan
ZAR 626 637
25.4%
10
Japan
ZAR 623 576
25.8%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 611 378
27.2%
12
Philippines
ZAR 600 807
28.5%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 575 602
31.5%
14
China
ZAR 550 881
34.4%
15
India
ZAR 518 860
38.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 757 471
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 706 513
15.9%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 702 281
16.4%
3
Chile
ZAR 691 907
17.6%
4
Ecuador
ZAR 674 830
19.7%
5
Panama
ZAR 665 224
20.8%
6
Colombia
ZAR 646 488
23.0%
7
Peru
ZAR 629 884
25.0%
8
Brazil
ZAR 619 123
26.3%
9
Mexico
ZAR 615 580
26.7%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 575 692
31.5%
11
Argentina
ZAR 545 875
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 614 223
26.9%
1
South Africa
ZAR 605 588
27.9%
2
Kenya
ZAR 597 132
28.9%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 585 859
30.3%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 573 608
31.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 573 637
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 558 607
33.5%
7
Morocco
ZAR 549 757
34.6%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 533 647
36.5%
9
Uganda
ZAR 526 393
37.3%
10
Senegal
ZAR 524 617
37.6%
11
Zambia
ZAR 521 863
37.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 798 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 798 000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 772 800
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 772 800
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 756 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 747 600
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 663 110
21.1%
7
Egypt
ZAR 634 980
24.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 633 411
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 492 678
41.4%
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.