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Income Tax Calculator Kuwait

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary 1,780 KWD
Pension - 142 KWD
Unemployment -9 KWD
Social Security - 38 KWD
Total tax - 189 KWD
Net pay * 1,591 KWD
Marginal tax rate 8.5%
Average tax rate 10.6%
10.6%Total tax
89.4%
Net pay
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1,591 KWD
Net pay
214 KWD
Tax the employer pays
189 KWD
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
KWD 403
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 214 KWD to pay you 1,780 KWD. In other words, every time you spend KWD 10 of your hard-earned money, KWD 2.26 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.6% tax rate now rises to 20.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make 21,360 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 2,266 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 19,094 KWD per year, or 1,591 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 10.6% and your marginal tax rate is 8.5%. 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 8.5, hence, your net pay will only increase by KWD 91.5.

Bonus Example

A KWD 1,000 bonus will generate an extra KWD 915 of net incomes. A KWD 5,000 bonus will generate an extra KWD 4,575 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.