Income Tax Calculator South Africa
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Withholding
SalaryR 337
PAYE (Pay As You Earn) -R 85
Unemployment insurance -R 1
Total tax -R 86
Net pay *R 250
Marginal tax rate 39.9%
Average tax rate 25.6%
25.6%Total tax
74.4%
Net payThe Taxberg
R 250
Net pay
R 4
Tax the employer pays
R 86
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 90
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 4 to pay you R 337. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 2.67 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.5% tax rate now rises to 26.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 700 502 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 179 484. That means that your net pay will be R 521 018 per year, or R 43 418 per month. Your average tax rate is 25.6% and your marginal tax rate is 39.9%. 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 39.9, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 60.1.
Bonus ExampleA R 1,000 bonus will generate an extra R 601 of net incomes. A R 5,000 bonus will generate an extra R 3,005 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.