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Income Tax Calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary 1,485 KWD
Pension - 119 KWD
Unemployment -7 KWD
Social Security - 37 KWD
Total tax - 163 KWD
Net pay * 1,322 KWD
Marginal tax rate 8.9%
Average tax rate 11.0%
11%Total tax
89%
Net pay
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1,322 KWD
Net pay
178 KWD
Tax the employer pays
163 KWD
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
KWD 341
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 178 KWD to pay you 1,485 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 17,820 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 1,960 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 15,860 KWD per year, or 1,322 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 11.0% 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 KWD 100 in your salary will be taxed KWD 8.9, hence, your net pay will only increase by KWD 91.1.

Bonus Example

A KWD 1,000 bonus will generate an extra KWD 911 of net incomes. A KWD 5,000 bonus will generate an extra KWD 4,555 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.