Income tax calculator New Zealand
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$15,500
Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
- $1,733
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
- $215
Total tax
- $1,948
Net pay
*
$13,552
Marginal tax rate
18.9%
Average tax rate
12.6%
87.4%
Net pay
12.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$13,552
Net pay
** $465
Tax the employer pays
$1,948
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$2,413
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $465 to pay you $15,500. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.56 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 12.6% tax rate now rises to 15.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $15,500 a year living in New Zealand, you will be taxed $1,948. That means that your net pay will be $13,552 per year, or $1,129 per month. Your average tax rate is 12.6% and your marginal tax rate is 18.9%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of $100 in your salary will be taxed $18.89, hence, your net pay will only increase by $81.11.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $811 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $4,056 of net incomes.
NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of New Zealand, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.
NOTE** Voluntary deduction related to an employee who has joined a KiwiSaver scheme. As it is optional, it was not included in the withholding tax in the section above. The amount displayed is a potential employer contribution for an employee with a KiwiSaver scheme.
NOTE** Voluntary deduction related to an employee who has joined a KiwiSaver scheme. As it is optional, it was not included in the withholding tax in the section above. The amount displayed is a potential employer contribution for an employee with a KiwiSaver scheme.