A PAYE tax question

[namzsteve]

Someone please help me understand.

So my missus landed her new job in May, earning R17545 with no benefits as a PR account something.
She showed me her payslip last night, it says on her payslip that she pays R2279.34 PAYE. I don't know but I think that is a bit much for a 17k salary.
So we checked the PAYE tables for 2019/2020, she should be paying R2073.00

This probably a stupid question, but how does her employer get to R2279.34 per month for tax?

 

[Suspect99]

Someone please help me understand.

So my missus landed her new job in May, earning R17545 with no benefits as a PR account something.
She showed me her payslip last night, it says on her payslip that she pays R2279.34 PAYE. I don't know but I think that is a bit much for a 17k salary.
So we checked the PAYE tables for 2019/2020, she should be paying R2073.00

This probably a stupid question, but how does her employer get to R2279.34 per month for tax?

According to this shes supposed to pay R2220. So it looks almost right
https://www.taxtim.com/za/calculators/income-tax

This is how you work it out:

Taxable income = Annual gross salary - Pension / Provident / RAF (limited to 27.5% of salary, limited to R350k) - 20% of travel allowance
(You are taxed on 80% of the travel allowance in your Gross salary, so we subtract 20% for the calculation of Taxable income.)
Taxable income = R 210,540.00 - R 0.00 - R 0.00
Taxable income for the year: R 210,540.00
Tax you will pay / PAYE (Pay As You Earn) for your age group and income bracket: R 2,071.03 (as per PAYE tables provided by SARS)
Take home pay = Gross salary - PAYE - UIF
(UIF / Unemployment Insurance Fund is levied at 1% of your gross income, at most R148.72/month.)
Take home pay = R 17,545.00 - R 2,071.03 - R 148.72
Take home pay: R 15,325.25 per month

 

[Kosmik]

Her CTC is probably higher than you think, remember that is taxed as well ( fringe benefits ). She can ask her HR for a breakdown or wait a year and when doing tax see what SARS says.

Welcome to the 1% that pays for the 99%, aint tax great