South African Salary Tax Calculator

Work out your take-home pay, PAYE, UIF and medical tax credits for the 1 March 2026 – 28 February 2027 tax year.

Your details

Gross salary

Age

Medical scheme members

Everyone on your medical aid, including you. Leave at 0 if none.

Retirement contribution

Employment type

Your take-home pay

R25 142

per month · 83.8% of gross kept

Gross salaryR30 000

Income tax (before rebates)R6 166

Less: tax rebate−R1 485

PAYE income tax−R4 681

UIF capped−R177

Net take-homeR25 142

How your tax is built up

18% bandR245 100 → R44 118

26% bandR114 900 → R29 874

Estimate for guidance only · not tax advice

How your take-home pay is worked out

Your annual taxable income is taxed across SARS’s sliding scale of brackets. Retirement-fund contributions (up to 27.5% of your pay, capped at R430 000 a year) are deducted before tax. The income tax is then reduced by your age-based rebate and, if you belong to a medical scheme, by the monthly medical tax credits. Employees also pay 1% UIF, capped at R177.12 a month.

AfriTaxCalc uses the official 2026/27 figures and is checked against a set of hand-computed SARS examples on every change.