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Afghanistan Salary Calculator 2026 - Wage Tax

Free Afghanistan salary calculator (2026): estimate take-home pay for employees and the self-employed. Wage withholding tax 0/2/10/20% with the AFN 5,000 threshold. Educational, not tax advice.

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Methodology & sources

Methodology - Afghanistan (2026)

Educational model - not a Revenue Department assessment, not a tax return, not tax advice. Currency AFN (afghani).

Employee (wage withholding tax)

  • Wage withholding tax is assessed on monthly salary at progressive rates: 0% up to AFN 5,000; 2% to 12,500; 10% to 100,000; 20% above. These marginal rates reproduce the published fixed amounts (AFN 150 at 12,500 and AFN 8,900 at 100,000).
  • There is no general mandatory social-security contribution on private salaries in the model, so net = gross - wage tax.
  • The business receipts tax (BRT) and sector-specific levies are out of scope.

Sources: Afghanistan Ministry of Finance - Wage Withholding Tax, QuickBooks - Afghanistan tax tables.

Self-employed (sole proprietor)

  • Self-employed business income is taxed on the same wage-tax scale on net business profit (revenue minus actual expenses).

Afghanistan Ministry of Finance.