Official evidence

Sources & verification

This high-stakes calculator links the authority sources, method notes, test cases, and limitations used to check the numbers shown on this page.

Last verified 2025-03-01

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Official source links

Law, regulation, or version

Last verified: March 2025 · Source: SARS (sars

Calculation methodology

The calculator annualizes salary where needed, applies modeled employee statutory deductions, runs taxable income through the country PAYE bands, and derives net pay from gross pay minus modeled PAYE and statutory deductions. Employer-cost lines are informational where the page exposes them.

Known limitations

Informational estimate only. It is not professional tax, legal, payroll, or filing advice.
Sector-specific, regional, treaty, relief, and special-regime rules may not be fully modeled.
Confirm filing, registration, and remittance duties with the official authority or a qualified adviser before submission.

Test-case examples

Input: Annual gross salary: 0.
Expected: PAYE and statutory deductions should be 0 and net pay should not be negative.
Why: Establishes the zero-income baseline and catches negative liability regressions.

Input: Annual gross salary entered in the page currency.
Expected: Taxable income is processed through the visible country bands and net pay equals gross pay minus modeled deductions.
Why: Confirms the calculator is using the documented methodology rather than an opaque flat estimate.

Change history

2026-05-02: Trust and verification panel added with source links, methodology, limitations, and report-error CTA.

AfroTools calculators are decision-support tools. Always confirm filing, registration, and remittance duties with the linked authority or a qualified local adviser.

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