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Income Tax Calculator South Africa

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
SalaryR 251
PAYE (Pay As You Earn) -R 54
Unemployment insurance -R 1
Total tax -R 55
Net pay *R 196
Marginal tax rate 37.3%
Average tax rate 21.7%
21.7%Total tax
78.3%
Net pay
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R 196
Net pay
R 4
Tax the employer pays
R 55
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
R 59
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 4 to pay you R 251. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.35 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.9% tax rate now rises to 23.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make R 521 997 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 113 449. That means that your net pay will be R 408 547 per year, or R 34 046 per month. Your average tax rate is 21.7% and your marginal tax rate is 37.3%. 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 37.3, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 62.7.

Bonus Example

A R 1,000 bonus will generate an extra R 627 of net incomes. A R 5,000 bonus will generate an extra R 3,135 of net incomes.

NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the South Africa tables of ZA, 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.