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Income Tax Calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary 1,470 KWD
Pension - 118 KWD
Unemployment -7 KWD
Social Security - 37 KWD
Total tax - 162 KWD
Net pay * 1,308 KWD
Marginal tax rate 9.3%
Average tax rate 11.0%
11%Total tax
89%
Net pay
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1,308 KWD
Net pay
176 KWD
Tax the employer pays
162 KWD
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
KWD 338
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 176 KWD to pay you 1,470 KWD. In other words, every time you spend KWD 10 of your hard-earned money, KWD 2.3 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11% tax rate now rises to 20.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make 17,640 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,940 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,700 KWD per year, or 1,308 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% and your marginal tax rate is 9.3%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of KWD 100 in your salary will be taxed KWD 9.3, hence, your net pay will only increase by KWD 90.7.

Bonus Example

A KWD 1,000 bonus will generate an extra KWD 907 of net incomes. A KWD 5,000 bonus will generate an extra KWD 4,535 of net incomes.

NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kuwait tables of KW, 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.