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How many South Africans pay income tax?

And how much do they contribute? Figures provided by SARS for 2002 - 2007

Registered personal income taxpayers in South Africa

Year

Registered

Liable to submit returns

Assessed

Taxable
income
(R million)

Tax
assessed
(R million)

2002/03

     3,628,263  

             3,526,339  

      3,352,190  

332,804.3

79,349.7

2003/04

     3,991,236  

             3,836,422  

      3,542,006  

381,456.9

82,641.4

2004/05

     4,321,354  

             4,145,746  

      3,605,378  

424,813.1

92,044.8

2005/06

     4,683,821  

             4,530,820  

      3,215,192  

415,550.8

86,207.7

2006/07

     5,005,807  

             4,866,117  

 

 

 

2007/08

     5,318,441  

 

 

 

 

Source: SARS

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