Tax-free meal and transport allowances
Daily meal and transport allowances paid to employees are not subject to employment income tax up to AOA 30,000 a month each.
- An employer-paid family allowance is also excluded up to 5% of base monthly salary.
Source-backed employee estimate for 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31.
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Monthly take-home
AOA 980,625.00Annual take-home
AOA 11,767,500.00Monthly deductions
AOA 269,375.00Annual deductions
AOA 3,232,500.00Deductions include taxes, employee contributions and any supported personal payments. Monthly amounts are annual estimates divided by 12.
Compare gross pay before tax. Your annual salary is converted to a monthly amount so every point uses the same period.
AOA 1,250,000 gross per month. Not a percentile: published reference points are shown with even spacing.
National rate after the decree's 12-month transition
2024
A reliable national median and high-salary threshold have not yet been added for Angola. Available figures are shown without estimating missing points.
The chart spaces the published reference points evenly for readability and places your salary within the correct band. It is a comparison guide, not a percentile or a linear number line.
Average earnings reference: 2024, Employees of all sexes across all economic activities, Employment Survey; survey-reported monthly earnings harmonised by ILOSTAT. Household surveys can record pay after deductions, so treat this as an approximate gross reference. ILOSTAT harmonised earnings from the Employment Survey. Historical nominal earnings are not inflation-adjusted.
Minimum wage source: Presidential Decree 152/24. Monthly equivalents state their hours assumption.
These apply only when every eligibility condition is met. Items marked modelled already change this calculation when you choose the matching profile.
Daily meal and transport allowances paid to employees are not subject to employment income tax up to AOA 30,000 a month each.
Employees with a disability or incapacity of at least 50%, including war-disabled veterans, are exempt from employment income tax.
For the standard employee profile in 2026, income tax is AOA 2,782,500 and employee contributions are AOA 450,000. That leaves AOA 11,767,500 a year, or AOA 980,625 a month, with 21.6% of gross pay deducted.
| Per year | Per month | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross salary | AOA 15,000,000 | AOA 1,250,000 |
| Income tax | AOA 2,782,500 | AOA 231,875 |
| Employee contributions | AOA 450,000 | AOA 37,500 |
| Take-home pay | AOA 11,767,500 | AOA 980,625 |
These gross salaries aim to preserve the same annual take-home pay under each country’s reference employee profile. Market rates use official exchange-rate data; purchasing power uses World Bank household-consumption price levels. Unavailable means the required official conversion data is missing or too old, so no figure is invented.
| Country | At market rates | At purchasing power |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | EUR 50,000 | EUR 50,000 |
| South Africa | ZAR 240,741 | ZAR 290,333 |
| Algeria | DZD 2,491,913 | DZD 1,927,286 |
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The calculator applies the published tax bands to income after the supported deductions. Each band applies only to the portion inside it. These bands use the taxable income base.
This reference uses a statutory tariff formula within each zone. A formula can use a base charge and a rate on excess income, or a progressive polynomial. The calculator evaluates the versioned formula and statutory rounding; the bands below identify formula zones.
| Taxable income zone | Tariff |
|---|---|
| AOA 0 - 840000.1199999999 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 840000.1199999999 - 1200000.1199999999 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 1200000.1199999999 - 1800000.12 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 1800000.12 - 2400000.12 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 2400000.12 - 3600000.12 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 3600000.12 - 6000000.12 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 6000000.12 - 12000000.120000001 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 12000000.120000001 - 18000000.12 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 18000000.12 - 24000000.12 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 24000000.12 - 30000000.119999997 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 30000000.119999997 - 60000000.12 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 60000000.12 - 120000000.12 | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
| AOA 120000000.12 - unlimited | Fixed-rate statutory formula |
The displayed tax total covers Employment income tax (IRT). See the country assumptions for details.
Rule version AO-2026-v1 · Tax year 2026. See sources, monitoring and verification status.