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<\/a><\/p>\nSARS noted that the main sources of revenue that contributed to the R1.35 trillion collected were:<\/p>\n
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- Personal Income Tax (PIT) contributed R528.9 billion (39%);<\/li>\n
- Value-Added Tax (VAT) contributing R346.6 billion (25.6%);<\/li>\n
- Company Income Tax (CIT), contributed R214.7 billion (15.8%);<\/li>\n
- Customs duties contributed R55.4 billion (4.1%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n“The relative contribution of the main taxes to total tax revenue has shifted with an ever-increasing dependence on personal income tax revenue mainly due to tax policy changes,” SARS said.<\/p>\n
“PIT remains the largest contributor to total tax revenue and its contribution has increased to 39.0% in 2019\/20 from 38.4% the prior year, mainly due to partial fiscal drag relief.”<\/p>\n
It noted that the\u00a0contribution of VAT and import duties continue to decrease mainly due to weak economic growth with lower consumer and investment spending in the economy.<\/p>\n
In addition, the Company Income Tax (CIT) contribution to total revenue has declined over the past years, decreasing to 15.8% in 2019\/20 due to low business profits and weak economic growth.<\/p>\n
\nPersonal Income Tax<\/strong><\/p>\n
South Africa’s annual tax statistics published at the end of 2019 also provides interesting data on who is paying South Africa’s Personal Income Tax.<\/p>\n
SARS’ data shows that:<\/p>\n
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- 2,680,449 (54.5%) of assessed taxpayers were male taxpayers; 2,236,580 (45.5%) were female;<\/li>\n
- 1,342,511 (27.3%) of assessed taxpayers were aged 35 to 44 years; and<\/li>\n
- 1,976,674 (40.2%) of assessed taxpayers were registered in Gauteng, of which 636,460 lived in the Johannesburg Metro and were taxed on an average taxable income of R446,838.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This graph shows how income tax collection looks distributed geographically:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nThis graph shows how income tax collection is distributed between males and females:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nThis graph shows how income tax collection is distributed across broad income groups:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nThis table shows how income tax collection is distributed across narrow income groups:<\/p>\n