There are 14.45-million registered taxpayers in South Africa. They are divided into nine income categories by the National Treasury.
Only 7.89-million of those registered have income high enough to be eligible to pay personal income tax – on the chart that’s everyone except those in the lowest income category of R0 – R96,000.
The taxpayers in the top three income brackets – which is fewer than 1-million people – contribute 60% of the total personal income tax revenue collected by the government. Those are people with income of R750,000 and above. Among them are 224,959 individuals with incomes of R1.5-million or more, who account for nearly 33% of the personal income tax revenue collected.
Overall, 98% of South Africa’s revenue comes from taxes, with personal income tax contributing 40%.

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