Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
163,571 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
163,300 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
163,300 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 163,571 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.04 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,962,852 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,959,597 KWD per year, or 163,300 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1428028
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 1374152
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 1338938
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 1335170
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 1298732
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 1276532
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 1207244
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 1195460
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 1190158
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 1178062
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 1082620
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 1080664
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1959597
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1958434
0.2%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1940484
1.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1864709
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1864709
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1805824
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1472224
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1472197
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 1143243
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 988940
49.6%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, 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.
NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.
NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.