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 899 080
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 256 434
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 2 125
Total tax
- R 258 559
Net pay
* R 640 521
Marginal tax rate
41.0%
Average tax rate
28.8%
71.2%
Net pay
28.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 640 521
Net pay
R 11 116
Tax the employer pays
R 258 559
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 269 675
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 11 116 to pay you R 899 080. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 3 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.8% tax rate now rises to 29.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 899 080 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 258 559. That means that your net pay will be R 640 521 per year, or R 53 377 per month. Your average tax rate is 28.8% and your marginal tax rate is 41.0%. 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 41, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 59.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 590 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 2 950 of net incomes.
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Tax per income
R 190 500
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R 200 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
ZAR 782 200
13.0%
1
Switzerland
ZAR 760 157
15.5%
2
Hungary
ZAR 732 750
18.5%
3
Ukraine
ZAR 723 759
19.5%
4
United Kingdom
ZAR 696 987
22.5%
5
Czech Republic
ZAR 688 652
23.4%
6
France
ZAR 685 781
23.7%
7
Ireland
ZAR 683 243
24.0%
8
Norway
ZAR 669 221
25.6%
9
Spain
ZAR 646 645
28.1%
10
Luxembourg
ZAR 627 187
30.2%
11
Sweden
ZAR 621 805
30.8%
12
Austria
ZAR 617 441
31.3%
13
Denmark
ZAR 605 642
32.6%
14
Greece
ZAR 586 553
34.8%
15
Poland
ZAR 567 222
36.9%
16
Germany
ZAR 566 678
37.0%
17
Netherlands
ZAR 565 797
37.1%
18
Finland
ZAR 536 952
40.3%
19
Italy
ZAR 529 263
41.1%
20
Romania
ZAR 525 962
41.5%
21
Portugal
ZAR 510 272
43.3%
22
Belgium
ZAR 434 782
51.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 708 111
21.2%
1
Canada
ZAR 641 421
28.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 805 448
10.4%
1
Taiwan
ZAR 776 152
13.7%
2
Thailand
ZAR 740 885
17.6%
3
Kazakhstan
ZAR 723 536
19.5%
4
South Korea
ZAR 721 654
19.7%
5
Australia
ZAR 701 572
22.0%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 687 418
23.5%
7
Singapore
ZAR 686 769
23.6%
8
Indonesia
ZAR 674 405
25.0%
9
Pakistan
ZAR 665 039
26.0%
10
Japan
ZAR 664 035
26.1%
11
Malaysia
ZAR 649 455
27.8%
12
Philippines
ZAR 639 406
28.9%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 614 004
31.7%
14
China
ZAR 591 727
34.2%
15
India
ZAR 552 417
38.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 809 761
9.9%
1
Costa Rica
ZAR 747 226
16.9%
2
Puerto Rico
ZAR 746 303
17.0%
3
Chile
ZAR 742 719
17.4%
4
Panama
ZAR 709 918
21.0%
5
Ecuador
ZAR 709 566
21.1%
6
Colombia
ZAR 685 206
23.8%
7
Peru
ZAR 672 232
25.2%
8
Brazil
ZAR 661 956
26.4%
9
Mexico
ZAR 654 671
27.2%
10
Uruguay
ZAR 611 568
32.0%
11
Argentina
ZAR 584 277
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
ZAR 657 203
26.9%
1
South Africa
ZAR 640 521
28.8%
2
Kenya
ZAR 638 488
29.0%
3
Mozambique
ZAR 624 261
30.6%
4
Nigeria
ZAR 613 794
31.7%
5
Ghana
ZAR 612 719
31.9%
6
Ivory Coast
ZAR 595 197
33.8%
7
Morocco
ZAR 585 559
34.9%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 569 618
36.6%
9
Senegal
ZAR 560 065
37.7%
10
Uganda
ZAR 558 887
37.8%
11
Zambia
ZAR 558 197
37.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 854 126
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 854 126
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 827 154
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 827 153
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 809 172
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 800 181
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 704 702
21.6%
7
Egypt
ZAR 679 290
24.5%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 677 721
24.6%
9
Turkey
ZAR 527 087
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.