Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17,205 KWD
Pension
- 50.77 KWD
Social Security
** - 8.65 KWD
Unemployment
- 3.17 KWD
Total tax
- 62.60 KWD
Net pay
*
17,142 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.4%
99.6%
Net pay
0.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,142 KWD
Net pay
76.15 KWD
Tax the employer pays
62.60 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
139 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 76.15 KWD to pay you 17,205 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.08 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.4% tax rate now rises to 0.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 894,660 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 891,405 KWD per year, or 74,284 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.4% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 487622
45.5%
1
Canada
KWD 422930
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 803106
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 743575
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 700464
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 605931
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 585761
34.5%
5
Pakistan
KWD 582901
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 582033
34.9%
7
Philippines
KWD 557595
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 549012
38.6%
9
Taiwan
KWD 544532
39.1%
10
Malaysia
KWD 533808
40.3%
11
China
KWD 500783
44.0%
12
Japan
KWD 490270
45.2%
13
Australia
KWD 480069
46.3%
14
South Korea
KWD 475830
46.8%
15
India
KWD 169927
81.0%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 792085
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 648801
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 604018
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 599227
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 583009
34.8%
5
Argentina
KWD 581527
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 580143
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 552958
38.2%
8
Uruguay
KWD 551756
38.3%
9
Peru
KWD 550398
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 544282
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 514559
42.5%
12
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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%.