Why being taxed on money that is less than R4000?

By Marc Sevitz · Updated

Johannes

Johannes said:
24 April 2015 at 13:52

I normally earn my salary first and be taxed from my salary,and after 2 weeks I then receive the bonus that is less than R4 000 and it is being taxed too,why is this happening?
TaxTim Marc

TaxTim Marc said:
24 April 2015 at 18:51

Your bonus is added to your salary and the resulting total is taxed - so overall the amount is bigger than the threshold for taxation.