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Annual Personal Income Tax

Use this calculator if you already know the individual’s annual taxable income.

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Overview

Datakar applies a progressive table. Each rate applies only to the part of income in that bracket. Companies and other legal entities follow different rules.

Annual rates

  • Through AFN 120,000: exempt.
  • Above AFN 120,000 through AFN 1,200,000: 10% of the part above AFN 120,000.
  • Above AFN 1,200,000: AFN 108,000 plus 15% of the part above AFN 1,200,000.

Calculation method

AFN 108,000 is the full tax on the middle bracket: 1,080,000 × 10%. Add it to the tax on the top portion when income exceeds AFN 1,200,000.

Worked examples

  • AFN 100,000 of taxable income: no tax.
  • AFN 500,000: (500,000 − 120,000) × 10% = 38,000 AFN.
  • AFN 2,000,000: 108,000 + (2,000,000 − 1,200,000) × 15% = 228,000 AFN.

If income is in US dollars

Multiply the USD amount by the exchange rate. Apply the annual brackets to the result in Afghanis. Enter the rate required by the authority or supporting document when applicable.

Da Afghanistan Bank’s daily cash-buy rate for US dollars is an indication for current estimates. For a past payment, enter the rate applicable to that period or use a documented amount in Afghanis.

The app fills the rate automatically only when the source clearly dates it to today in Kabul. An older quote needs your confirmation or an edit. Confirmation records your choice and does not make the quote current or suitable for tax purposes.

Enter a rate manually if the source is unavailable or its publication date is missing, ambiguous or in the future. You can always enter or edit a rate, and a late response will not overwrite it. Telegram is not an automatic fallback.

Publication date, the time the rate was retrieved and the age of the cached response are separate. Serving a cached response keeps the original retrieval time. Quote age is shown in Kabul calendar days.

The result and its copied text keep the exact rate, publication date when available, and how the rate was selected. After Kabul midnight, automatic use requires a fresh date check. A completed result stays as calculated.

Scope

Check which receipts, deductions and exemptions belong in annual taxable income before entering the amount. Use the separate calculators for monthly salary or company income.

Rounding

The app multiplies income by the exchange rate and rounds to two decimals. An AFN entry uses a rate of 1. It applies the brackets to the rounded AFN income and rounds tax to two decimals.

It subtracts rounded tax from rounded income, then rounds net income again. The displayed USD equivalent divides by the rate used and rounds to two decimals. These steps describe Datakar’s implementation.

Limits

Use taxable income after applicable adjustments. Determine the classification of income, exemptions, audit adjustments and other special rules from the relevant documents. Seek official tax guidance for your case.

Sources

The 1405 guidance gives the three annual personal brackets shown above. The original guide records its review on .

See also the monthly salary tax guide.