Bonus and 13th Cheque Tax Calculator (2026/27)
Example: on a R25,000 monthly salary, a R25,000 bonus has about R6,500 PAYE deducted, so you take home R18,500 (SARS 2026/27 tables).
Uses SARS 2026/2027 rates, checked 29 July 2026.
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How it works: SARS taxes a bonus or 13th cheque as an annual payment. Your employer works out the tax on a year of your regular salary, then on that salary plus the bonus, and deducts the difference in the month the bonus is paid (Fourth Schedule to the Income Tax Act, paragraph 9).
Estimate only. Your employer's payroll may differ slightly (SARS allows small differences between tables and payroll programs).
Sources: SARS Guide for Employers in respect of Tax Deduction Tables; SARS Guide for Employers in respect of Employees' Tax (2027), annual payments under paragraph 9 of the Fourth Schedule; PAYE-GEN-01-G21 (PDF); IRP5 code 3605: PAYE-AE-06-G06 (PDF).
Want to pay less tax on your next bonus? Try the retirement annuity calculator. For your regular monthly pay, use the salary calculator.
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