Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
285 FCFA
National Social Insurance Fund (NSIF)
- 11.97 FCFA
Housing Fund
- 2.85 FCFA
Income Tax
- 29.72 FCFA
Total tax
- 44.54 FCFA
Net pay
* 240 FCFA
Marginal tax rate
15.6%
Average tax rate
15.6%
84.4%
Net pay
15.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
240 FCFA
Net pay
46.17 FCFA
Tax the employer pays
44.54 FCFA
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
90.71 FCFA
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 46.17 FCFA to pay you 285 FCFA. In other words, every time you spend 10 FCFA of your hard-earned money, 3.18 FCFA goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.6% tax rate now rises to 27.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 6,840 FCFA a year living in Cameroon, you will be taxed 1,069 FCFA. That means that your net pay will be 5,771 FCFA per year, or 481 FCFA per month. Your average tax rate is 15.6% and your marginal tax rate is 15.6%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 FCFA in your salary will be taxed 15.62 FCFA, hence, your net pay will only increase by 84.38 FCFA.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 FCFA bonus will generate an extra 844 FCFA of net incomes. A 5,000 FCFA bonus will generate an extra 4,219 FCFA of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
XAF 6729
1.6%
1
USA
XAF 6247
8.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Cameroon, 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.