Two-Pot Savings Pot withdrawals are added to your taxable income for the year and taxed at your marginal income tax rate, they are NOT taxed under the retirement lump sum withdrawal table.
Enter your annual taxable income (before the withdrawal) and your withdrawal amount, and the calculator shows the tax specifically attributable to the withdrawal and your net payout.
This calculator is for educational purposes only, uses 2026/27 SARS tax brackets, and does not account for rebates, other deductions, or outstanding SARS debt. Verify your exact position via SARS eFiling or a registered tax practitioner.
Savings Pot withdrawals are added to your taxable income for the tax year and taxed at your marginal income tax rate, the same progressive brackets (18% to 45%) that apply to your salary. They are not taxed under the retirement fund lump sum withdrawal table.
No. The retirement fund lump sum tables (with a R27,500 or R550,000 tax-free threshold) apply to older-style pre-retirement or at-retirement lump sum withdrawals from the vested component. Two-Pot Savings Pot withdrawals use a completely different method, your marginal income tax rate, with no separate tax-free threshold of their own.
This calculator estimates the marginal tax on your withdrawal based on the annual income figure you enter. If your income figure doesn't yet reflect other income or previous withdrawals for the year, your actual marginal rate may be higher, consult SARS eFiling or a tax practitioner for your precise position.
Yes, any outstanding tax debt you owe SARS is deducted from your withdrawal before payment, in addition to the withdrawal tax itself. This calculator estimates the tax only, your actual payout may be lower if you have outstanding SARS debt.
No, this is a key distinction, Savings Pot withdrawals are taxed at your marginal income tax rate, added to your annual taxable income, unlike the separate lump sum tax table that applies to certain other retirement withdrawal types.
Current rules generally allow one withdrawal per tax year from the Savings Pot component, additional withdrawals within the same year aren't typically permitted under the Two-Pot system's current structure.
No, the Two-Pot system separates these components specifically, your Retirement Pot remains preserved and inaccessible until actual retirement, only the Savings Pot component allows this pre-retirement withdrawal option.
Potentially yes, since the withdrawal is added to your other annual taxable income, if it pushes your total income across a bracket threshold, only the portion above that threshold is taxed at the higher rate, not your entire income.
Yes, there's typically a minimum withdrawal amount (a low threshold, such as R2,000) and the maximum available is simply whatever balance has accumulated in your Savings Pot component, verify current specific limits with your fund.