Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
25,003د.ت
Social Security
- 2,295د.ت
Income Tax
- 4,658د.ت
Social Solidarity Contribution (CSS)
- 46.58د.ت
Total tax
- 7,000د.ت
Net pay
* 18,003د.ت
Marginal tax rate
34.9%
Average tax rate
28.0%
72.0%
Net pay
28.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
18,003د.ت
Net pay
5,018د.ت
Tax the employer pays
7,000د.ت
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12,018د.ت
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5,018د.ت to pay you 25,003د.ت. In other words, every time you spend 10د.ت of your hard-earned money, 4.81د.ت goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28% tax rate now rises to 40.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 25,003د.ت a year living in Tunisia, you will be taxed 7,000د.ت. That means that your net pay will be 18,003د.ت per year, or 1,500د.ت per month. Your average tax rate is 28.0% and your marginal tax rate is 34.9%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100د.ت in your salary will be taxed 34.86د.ت, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.14د.ت.
Bonus Example
A 1,000د.ت bonus will generate an extra 651د.ت of net incomes. A 5,000د.ت bonus will generate an extra 3,257د.ت of net incomes.
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Tunisia, 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.