Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$ 59,424
Individual Income Tax
- $ 2,971
Labour Insurance Program
- $ 1,367
National Health Insurance Program
- $ 922
Total tax
- $ 5,260
Net pay
* $ 54,164
Marginal tax rate
8.9%
Average tax rate
8.9%
91.1%
Net pay
8.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$ 54,164
Net pay
$ 10,192
Tax the employer pays
$ 5,260
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$ 15,452
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $ 10,192 to pay you $ 59,424. In other words, every time you spend $ 10 of your hard-earned money, $ 2.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.9% tax rate now rises to 22.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $ 59,424 a year living in Taiwan, you will be taxed $ 5,260. That means that your net pay will be $ 54,164 per year, or $ 4,514 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.9% and your marginal tax rate is 8.9%. 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 $ 8.85, hence, your net pay will only increase by $ 91.15.
Bonus Example
A $ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra $ 912 of net incomes. A $ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra $ 4,558 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
TWD 54277
8.7%
1
Canada
TWD 54203
8.8%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
TWD 58830
1.0%
1
Zambia
TWD 55859
6.0%
2
Morocco
TWD 55419
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
TWD 52142
12.3%
4
Kenya
TWD 51877
12.7%
5
Cameroon
TWD 50137
15.6%
6
Mozambique
TWD 49521
16.7%
7
Senegal
TWD 48841
17.8%
8
Uganda
TWD 48653
18.1%
9
Ghana
TWD 48409
18.5%
10
Angola
TWD 46287
22.1%
11
Nigeria
TWD 44184
25.7%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Taiwan, 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.