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Samoa Income Tax Calculator

Enter your salary to see Samoan income tax on progressive bands of 0%, 20% and 27% and your take-home pay in WST. Compare any two tax years side by side.

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Samoa — 2026 Tax Year

2026 Tax Year

Select the tax year to view applicable rules and rates

This is an estimate. Consult a tax professional for accurate calculations.

Enter your income to calculate

Fill in your gross income and filing status, then calculate to see your tax breakdown.

How to use Samoa Income Tax Calculator

This Samoa income tax calculator works out Samoan income tax on a progressive 0/20/27 scale for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Income tax is charged on your salary after a tax-free threshold of WST 15,000, and the bands have been stable across these years. The calculator shows your income tax, your effective rate and your take-home pay in tala, and lets you compare any two tax years side by side. Mandatory social-security or pension contributions, where they apply, are documented but not deducted, so take-home is shown after income tax only. Jurisdiction note: Samoa salary planning should validate annual taxable income assumptions before monthly budgeting, especially where allowances or variable payments are present.

  1. Select your tax year (2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026).
  2. Enter your annual gross salary in tala.
  3. Keep the filing status as Individual.
  4. Click Calculate to see your income tax, effective rate and take-home pay.
  5. Turn on the year-comparison view to see two tax years side by side.

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How Samoa income tax is calculated

Samoa taxes employment income on a progressive 0/20/27 scale, applied after a tax-free threshold of WST 15,000. The calculator adds up the tax due in each band to give your total income tax, then divides by gross salary to show your effective rate. Because the bands have been unchanged across 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, the calculator returns consistent results for each of those years, which you can confirm with the year-comparison view.

Social security and what is not included

On top of income tax, employees in Samoa generally pay mandatory social-security or pension contributions on their earnings. These fund pensions and related benefits and are separate from income tax. To keep the calculation transparent, they are documented in the configuration notes but not deducted here, so take-home is shown after income tax only. For your exact position, including any extra reliefs or contributions, check with the Ministry for Revenue or a licensed tax adviser.

Country-specific filing context

Samoa salary planning should validate annual taxable income assumptions before monthly budgeting, especially where allowances or variable payments are present.

Worked examples

Salary WST 20,000, 2026

Inputs: WST 20,000 salary

Result: WST 1,000 income tax · take-home WST 19,000

Salary WST 40,000, 2026

Inputs: WST 40,000 salary

Result: WST 6,050 income tax · take-home WST 33,950

Salary WST 80,000, 2026

Inputs: WST 80,000 salary

Result: WST 16,850 income tax · take-home WST 63,150

Glossary

Samoa tax bands
Progressive personal-income-tax brackets used to estimate salary liabilities in Samoa.
Annual tax reconciliation
Year-end review process comparing withholdings and final tax due under applicable rates.
Gross salary
Your total annual pay before income tax and any contributions are deducted.
Progressive tax
A system where higher slices of income are taxed at higher rates, so the effective rate rises with income.
Tax band
A range of income taxed at a particular rate under Samoa income tax.
Effective tax rate
Total income tax divided by gross income, shown as a percentage.
Take-home pay
Pay remaining after income tax (and, in practice, social-security contributions) is deducted.

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