Suriname personal income tax (inkomstenbelasting) and wage tax (loonbelasting) for individuals, tax year 2026, under the Wet Inkomstenbelasting 1922 and the Wet Loonbelasting as amended, including Staatsbesluit S.B. 2024 no. 2. Covers residence (wonen in Suriname) and non-residents, the SRD 108,0…
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| Item | Rate or amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tax-free amount (belastingvrije som), resident, a full year (LB art. 13(1)(b); IB art. 34(1) nil band). Monthly wage tax uses 1/12 (LB art. 13(3)) | SRD 108,000 a year | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/S.B.-2024-no.-2-STAATSBESLUIT-11-januari-2024-uitvoeringartikel-18a-Wet-Loonbelasting-S.B.-1981-no.-181-laatstelijk-gewijzigd-S.B.-2022-no.-149.pdf |
| Tax-free amount, non-resident employee (LB art. 13(1)(a)(2)) | None: wage tax applies from the first SRD | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Loonbelasting.pdf |
| Band 1: zuiver inkomen above SRD 108,000 up to SRD 150,000 (IB art. 34(1)); belastbaar loon up to SRD 42,000 (LB art. 14(1)) | 8% | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Inkomstenbelasting.pdf |
| Band 2: above SRD 150,000 up to SRD 192,000 (IB); belastbaar loon above SRD 42,000 up to SRD 84,000 (LB) | 18% | 2026 | same |
| Band 3: above SRD 192,000 up to SRD 234,000 (IB); belastbaar loon above SRD 84,000 up to SRD 126,000 (LB) | 28% | 2026 | same |
| Band 4: above SRD 234,000 (IB); belastbaar loon above SRD 126,000 (LB) | 38% | 2026 | same |
| Professional-expense deduction for employees (LB art. 12(2); IB art. 18(3)), only so far as no tax-free expense allowance is received | 4% of wages, at most SRD 4,800 a year | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Loonbelasting.pdf |
| Vacation allowance not counted as wages (LB art. 10(1)(i)) | Up to one month's wages a year, at most SRD 10,016 | 2026 | same |
| Bonus (gratificatie) for work done, with no other special rule, not counted as wages (LB art. 10(1)(j)); pro rata for a period under a year | Up to one month's wages a year, at most SRD 10,016 | 2026 | same |
| Child allowance (kinderbijslag) not counted as wages (LB art. 10(1)(h)) | SRD 125 a child a month, at most SRD 500 a month | 2026 | same |
| One-off payment (uitkering ineens) that is wages but does not relate to a period of several pay periods, taxed separately on the employee's request (LB art. 17a; IB art. 34a). No tax-free amount | 5% up to SRD 42,000; 15% to SRD 84,000; 25% to SRD 126,000; 35% above | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/S.B.-2024-no.-2-STAATSBESLUIT-11-januari-2024-uitvoeringartikel-18a-Wet-Loonbelasting-S.B.-1981-no.-181-laatstelijk-gewijzigd-S.B.-2022-no.-149.pdf |
| Overtime pay in a monthly pay period, on the employee's request (LB art. 17c; IB art. 34c) | 5% up to SRD 500; 15% from SRD 500 to SRD 1,100; 25% above SRD 1,100, per month | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Loonbelasting.pdf |
| Resident artist or professional athlete on a short contract (LB art. 18(1)(b)) | 10% of the pay | 2026 | same |
| Non-resident artist or professional athlete on a short contract (LB art. 18(1)(c)) | 15% of the pay | 2026 | same |
| Domestic helpers named in art. 6 of the Staatsbesluit Loonbelasting (LB art. 18(1)(d)) | 6% of the pay | 2026 | same |
| Business cessation, transfer or liquidation profit, on request (IB art. 34(4)) | 25% flat instead of the bands | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Inkomstenbelasting.pdf |
| Cessation profit of a business run at least five years: exempt part (IB art. 7(6)) | First SRD 5,000 | 2026 | same |
| Car made available for work, other than a truck over 1,000 kg payload (IB art. 7a(4),(5)); not if a complete mileage log proves business-only use (art. 7a(6)) | At least 2% of the catalogue price a year added to income from work | 2026 | same |
| Free medical treatment, value counted in business profit (IB art. 7a(2)) | Actual cost, at most SRD 500 a year | 2026 | same |
| Mortgage interest on an own home used as the main residence (IB art. 18(1)(g)) | Interest on a debt of at most SRD 600,000 | 2026 | same |
| Annuity and pension premiums for the taxpayer, spouse and minor children (IB art. 18(1)(b)) | Up to 10% of onzuiver inkomen | 2026 | same |
| Medical, childbirth, accident, disability and funeral costs (art. 18(1)(f)); study costs of children (art. 18(1)(e)); support of needy relatives in the first degree (art. 18(1)(d)) | Deductible only above 10% of onzuiver inkomen | 2026 | same |
| Live-in child aged 18 or over who cannot support themselves because of a lasting disability and receives no benefit for it (IB art. 18(2)) | SRD 8,000 deduction | 2026 | same |
| Loss carry-forward (IB art. 4(4)) | Start-up losses of the first three book years: no time limit, if regular books with annual closings are kept in Suriname; other losses: the seven following years | 2026 | same |
| No income tax assessment where non-wage income is small (IB art. 52f) | Non-wage income of SRD 7,500 or less | 2026 | same |
| Bookkeeping duty for other self-employed (IB art. 42(3)(1)(c)) | Full records if profit SRD 1,200 or more or gross receipts SRD 12,000 or more | 2026 | same |
| Late payment interest (IB art. 73(1); rate set by S.B. 1995 no. 98 per the footnote in the published text) | 45% a year, simple, from the day after the due date | 2026 | same |
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This skill works out the income tax of an individual in Suriname for the 2026 tax year (the calendar year, 1 January to 31 December 2026, IB art. 38(1)). Employees pay wage tax (loonbelasting) withheld by the employer each month; wage tax is an advance payment on income tax (IB art. 52e). Self-employed people and others with income beyond wages file a provisional return in the year and a definitive return after it.
Which text of the law. The Wet Inkomstenbelasting 1922 (G.B. 1921 no. 112, text G.B. 1960 no. 84, as last amended by S.B. 2024 no. 3) and the Wet Loonbelasting (S.B. 1981 no. 181, text S.B. 1985 no. 10, as last amended by S.B. 2024 no. 2), both as published by the Suriname Tax Administration (Belastingdienst Suriname). The tax-free amount and the wage tax bands were last set by Staatsbesluit S.B. 2024 no. 2, in force from 1 January 2024. No later amendment was found on the Tax Administration law pages or among the laws passed by De Nationale Assemblée (DNA) when read on 11 November 2026, so the 2024 figures are the 2026 figures. The Minister may change these amounts by staatsbesluit (IB art. 52h, LB art. 18a): check for a new staatsbesluit before relying on them for 2026.
Linked skills: companies in sr-corporate-income-tax; VAT in sr-vat-gst; the employer's monthly withholding and AOV premium in sr-payroll-social; an overview in sr-tax-overview.
The tax-free amount and the bands are the same in the income tax and the wage tax. Income tax applies them to zuiver inkomen: nil on the first SRD 108,000, then the bands (IB art. 34(1)). Wage tax first deducts the SRD 108,000 tax-free amount from zuiver loon, then applies the bands to the remaining belastbaar loon (LB arts. 13 and 14). The two give the same result for a full year.
| Item | Rate or amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tax-free amount (belastingvrije som), resident, a full year (LB art. 13(1)(b); IB art. 34(1) nil band). Monthly wage tax uses 1/12 (LB art. 13(3)) | SRD 108,000 a year | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/S.B.-2024-no.-2-STAATSBESLUIT-11-januari-2024-uitvoeringartikel-18a-Wet-Loonbelasting-S.B.-1981-no.-181-laatstelijk-gewijzigd-S.B.-2022-no.-149.pdf |
| Tax-free amount, non-resident employee (LB art. 13(1)(a)(2)) | None: wage tax applies from the first SRD | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Loonbelasting.pdf |
| Band 1: zuiver inkomen above SRD 108,000 up to SRD 150,000 (IB art. 34(1)); belastbaar loon up to SRD 42,000 (LB art. 14(1)) | 8% | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Inkomstenbelasting.pdf |
| Band 2: above SRD 150,000 up to SRD 192,000 (IB); belastbaar loon above SRD 42,000 up to SRD 84,000 (LB) | 18% | 2026 | same |
| Band 3: above SRD 192,000 up to SRD 234,000 (IB); belastbaar loon above SRD 84,000 up to SRD 126,000 (LB) | 28% | 2026 | same |
| Band 4: above SRD 234,000 (IB); belastbaar loon above SRD 126,000 (LB) | 38% | 2026 | same |
| Professional-expense deduction for employees (LB art. 12(2); IB art. 18(3)), only so far as no tax-free expense allowance is received | 4% of wages, at most SRD 4,800 a year | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Loonbelasting.pdf |
| Vacation allowance not counted as wages (LB art. 10(1)(i)) | Up to one month's wages a year, at most SRD 10,016 | 2026 | same |
| Bonus (gratificatie) for work done, with no other special rule, not counted as wages (LB art. 10(1)(j)); pro rata for a period under a year | Up to one month's wages a year, at most SRD 10,016 | 2026 | same |
| Child allowance (kinderbijslag) not counted as wages (LB art. 10(1)(h)) | SRD 125 a child a month, at most SRD 500 a month | 2026 | same |
| One-off payment (uitkering ineens) that is wages but does not relate to a period of several pay periods, taxed separately on the employee's request (LB art. 17a; IB art. 34a). No tax-free amount | 5% up to SRD 42,000; 15% to SRD 84,000; 25% to SRD 126,000; 35% above | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/S.B.-2024-no.-2-STAATSBESLUIT-11-januari-2024-uitvoeringartikel-18a-Wet-Loonbelasting-S.B.-1981-no.-181-laatstelijk-gewijzigd-S.B.-2022-no.-149.pdf |
| Overtime pay in a monthly pay period, on the employee's request (LB art. 17c; IB art. 34c) | 5% up to SRD 500; 15% from SRD 500 to SRD 1,100; 25% above SRD 1,100, per month | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Loonbelasting.pdf |
| Resident artist or professional athlete on a short contract (LB art. 18(1)(b)) | 10% of the pay | 2026 | same |
| Non-resident artist or professional athlete on a short contract (LB art. 18(1)(c)) | 15% of the pay | 2026 | same |
| Domestic helpers named in art. 6 of the Staatsbesluit Loonbelasting (LB art. 18(1)(d)) | 6% of the pay | 2026 | same |
| Business cessation, transfer or liquidation profit, on request (IB art. 34(4)) | 25% flat instead of the bands | 2026 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Inkomstenbelasting.pdf |
| Cessation profit of a business run at least five years: exempt part (IB art. 7(6)) | First SRD 5,000 | 2026 | same |
| Car made available for work, other than a truck over 1,000 kg payload (IB art. 7a(4),(5)); not if a complete mileage log proves business-only use (art. 7a(6)) | At least 2% of the catalogue price a year added to income from work | 2026 | same |
| Free medical treatment, value counted in business profit (IB art. 7a(2)) | Actual cost, at most SRD 500 a year | 2026 | same |
| Mortgage interest on an own home used as the main residence (IB art. 18(1)(g)) | Interest on a debt of at most SRD 600,000 | 2026 | same |
| Annuity and pension premiums for the taxpayer, spouse and minor children (IB art. 18(1)(b)) | Up to 10% of onzuiver inkomen | 2026 | same |
| Medical, childbirth, accident, disability and funeral costs (art. 18(1)(f)); study costs of children (art. 18(1)(e)); support of needy relatives in the first degree (art. 18(1)(d)) | Deductible only above 10% of onzuiver inkomen | 2026 | same |
| Live-in child aged 18 or over who cannot support themselves because of a lasting disability and receives no benefit for it (IB art. 18(2)) | SRD 8,000 deduction | 2026 | same |
| Loss carry-forward (IB art. 4(4)) | Start-up losses of the first three book years: no time limit, if regular books with annual closings are kept in Suriname; other losses: the seven following years | 2026 | same |
| No income tax assessment where non-wage income is small (IB art. 52f) | Non-wage income of SRD 7,500 or less | 2026 | same |
| Bookkeeping duty for other self-employed (IB art. 42(3)(1)(c)) | Full records if profit SRD 1,200 or more or gross receipts SRD 12,000 or more | 2026 | same |
| Late payment interest (IB art. 73(1); rate set by S.B. 1995 no. 98 per the footnote in the published text) | 45% a year, simple, from the day after the due date | 2026 | same |
Work through the return in the order the portal does (the "Optelstaat inkomen" screen of the definitive return):
Wage tax for employees (monthly). The employer computes zuiver loon (wages less the 4% deduction, at most SRD 400 a month as 1/12 of SRD 4,800), deducts the tax-free amount for the period (SRD 9,000 a month for a resident) and applies the bands for the period (SRD 3,500 a month per band). A year is 364 days and a month 30 1/3 days when converting periods (LB art. 13(3)). A bonus that covers several pay periods is spread over them (LB art. 17). The employer's side is in sr-payroll-social.
All returns are filed electronically in the Tax Administration online portal (portaal.belastingdienst.sr/OPO) with an electronic signature; the inspector may allow a paper return only for someone who cannot use the portal (IB art. 42(1) and (2)). From January 2025 income tax returns are filed online; returns for 2024 and earlier stay on paper (Belastingdienst income tax page).
| Step | 2026 tax year | Law |
|---|---|---|
| Ask to file a provisional return below last year's definitive tax (written, reasoned request to the inspector, secinspectidb@belastingdienst.sr); the inspector answers in two weeks, silence counts as yes | By 15 February 2026 | IB art. 42c(2),(3); Belastingdienst notice on art. 42c |
| Provisional return (voorlopige aangifte), resident individuals; tax at least equal to the latest definitive return's tax unless the request above was granted | By 15 April 2026 | IB arts. 42a(1), 42c(1) |
| Provisional tax in four equal instalments; the first with the return | 15 April, 15 July, 15 October and 31 December 2026 | IB art. 42b(2) |
| Obligation that arises after 15 April | Return and payment by 31 December 2026 | IB art. 42b(4) |
| Definitive return (definitieve aangifte), resident individuals liable to an assessment and non-residents with Surinamese income; tax due is paid when filing | Within four months after the end of the year: by 30 April 2027 | IB arts. 43(1), 44(2) |
| A self-employed person who must keep records attaches a signed, dated balance sheet and profit and loss account (definitive) or a statement of how the income was reached (provisional) | With each return | IB arts. 42b(5), 44(5) |
| Objection against an assessment | Within 60 days of the date of the assessment notice | IB art. 54(1) |
Portal steps (definitive return, Tax Administration manual of May 2026). Log in at the portal; choose IB/AOV, then Aangifte IB en premie AOV, then Nieuwe aangifte IB; select Definitieve aangifte, the tax year and whether you were married all year; accept the introduction; answer the nine questions on which income you had (an individual without a sole-trader business answers No to rubrics 2 and 7); fill each rubric, entering 0 where nothing applies; check the "Optelstaat inkomen", the income tax computation and the AOV premium computation; on the payment-terms screen click Indienen and then Voltooien (the return is only filed after Voltooien). The portal then shows the amounts to pay and a separate payment reference (betaalkenmerk) for income tax and for the AOV premium. A refund is given by an assessment (IB art. 44(3)).
Example 1: resident employee, monthly wage SRD 20,000 for all of 2026. Annual wages SRD 240,000, no bonus, vacation allowance or other income. The 4% deduction is SRD 9,600, capped at SRD 4,800, so zuiver loon is SRD 235,200. Less the tax-free amount of SRD 108,000, belastbaar loon is SRD 127,200. Tax: 8% of 42,000 = 3,360; 18% of 42,000 = 7,560; 28% of 42,000 = 11,760; 38% of 1,200 = 456; total SRD 23,136 a year, SRD 1,928 a month. Because non-wage income is nil (at most SRD 7,500) and there is one employer, no income tax assessment follows and the wage tax is final (IB art. 52f). The same figure comes from IB art. 34: zuiver inkomen 235,200, nil on 108,000, then the bands from 150,000, 192,000 and 234,000.
name: Suriname resident employee, wages SRD 240,000 (2026)
inputs:
wages: 240000
steps:
- expense: min(wages * 0.04, 4800)
- zuiver: wages - expense
- belastbaar: max(zuiver - 108000, 0)
- b1: min(belastbaar, 42000) * 0.08
- b2: clamp(belastbaar - 42000, 0, 42000) * 0.18
- b3: clamp(belastbaar - 84000, 0, 42000) * 0.28
- b4: max(belastbaar - 126000, 0) * 0.38
- tax: b1 + b2 + b3 + b4
- monthly: tax / 12
expected:
zuiver: 235200
belastbaar: 127200
tax: 23136.00
monthly: 1928.00
Example 2 (decision): ask for the special rate on a one-off payment, or not? A resident employee receives a one-off payment that counts as wages but does not relate to a period of several pay periods (LB art. 17a, IB art. 34a). Without a request it is added to the year's wages and taxed at the bands; with a request it is taxed alone at 5%, 15%, 25% and 35%, with no tax-free amount. The figure that decides is the employee's marginal rate against 5%, and whether part of the payment would fall inside the unused tax-free amount.
Before either route, check whether the payment is a vacation allowance or a bonus that LB art. 10(1)(i) or (j) keeps out of wages up to one month's pay (at most SRD 10,016).
name: Suriname one-off payment, special rate or normal bands (2026)
inputs:
base_a: 127200
pay_a: 60000
zuiver_b: 100000
pay_b: 20000
steps:
- normal_a: (base_a + pay_a - 126000) * 0.38 - (base_a - 126000) * 0.38
- special_a: min(pay_a, 42000) * 0.05 + clamp(pay_a - 42000, 0, 42000) * 0.15
- saving_a: normal_a - special_a
- belastbaar_b: max(zuiver_b + pay_b - 108000, 0)
- normal_b: min(belastbaar_b, 42000) * 0.08
- special_b: min(pay_b, 42000) * 0.05
- saving_b: normal_b - special_b
expected:
normal_a: 22800.00
special_a: 4800.00
saving_a: 18000.00
normal_b: 960.00
special_b: 1000.00
saving_b: -40.00
| Source | URL | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Wet Inkomstenbelasting 1922, text published by the Tax Administration (as last amended by S.B. 2024 no. 3): read arts. 1 to 34c (residence, sources, deductions, rates), 36 to 45 (tax year, returns), 51 to 54, 73 with its footnote, 87 and 88 | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Inkomstenbelasting.pdf | 2026-11-11 |
| Wet Loonbelasting, text published by the Tax Administration (as last amended by S.B. 2024 no. 2): read arts. 2 to 30 (employee, wages, exclusions, deduction, tax-free amount, rates, filing, top-up assessments) | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Loonbelasting.pdf | 2026-11-11 |
| Staatsbesluit of 11 January 2024, S.B. 2024 no. 2 (Wet Loonbelasting art. 18a): read in full (SRD 4,800 deduction, SRD 108,000 tax-free amount, bands, art. 17a rates, in force 1 January 2024, explanatory note) | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/S.B.-2024-no.-2-STAATSBESLUIT-11-januari-2024-uitvoeringartikel-18a-Wet-Loonbelasting-S.B.-1981-no.-181-laatstelijk-gewijzigd-S.B.-2022-no.-149.pdf | 2026-11-11 |
| Tax Administration, Inkomstenbelasting page: read for who is taxed, the tax-free amount not given to non-residents, and online filing from January 2025 | https://belastingdienst.sr/belastingen/inkomstenbelasting/ | 2026-11-11 |
| Tax Administration, notice "Gebruikmaking van artikel 42C" for the 2026 provisional return: read in full (request by 15 February 2026, email address) | https://belastingdienst.sr/artikel-42c-01/ | 2026-11-11 |
| Tax Administration, manual Definitieve Aangifte Inkomstenbelasting voor natuurlijke personen (May 2026): read for the portal steps, the nine questions, rubrics 1 to 8, the computation screens and payment references | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Handleiding_1-IB-Nat.-Pers._mei-2026_compressed.pdf | 2026-11-11 |
| Wet Dividendbelasting 1973, text published by the Tax Administration: read art. 5 for the 25% rate | https://belastingdienst.sr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wet-Dividendbelasting.pdf | 2026-11-11 |
| De Nationale Assemblée, amendments after 2005 and approved bills: read the lists for any 2025 or 2026 change to the income or wage tax (none found) | https://www.dna.sr/wetgeving/surinaamse-wetten/wijzigingen-na-2005/ | 2026-11-11 |
Not yet confirmed: whether a staatsbesluit for 2025 or 2026 changed the SRD 108,000 tax-free amount, the bands or the SRD 4,800 deduction (none is published on the Tax Administration law pages or listed by DNA as of 11 November 2026; the Staatsblad itself is not online); how the SRD 108,000 nil band of IB art. 34(1) applies to a non-resident's binnenlands zuiver inkomen (the Tax Administration page says non-residents get no tax-free amount; the article does not say so expressly); the AOV old-age premium rate for 2026 (the Wet AOV text the Tax Administration publishes, last amended by S.B. 2002 no. 96, says 4% of zuiver inkomen or zuiver loon, art. 20(2); whether a later change applies could not be confirmed, so it is left out of the rates table); the current late-payment interest rate beyond the 45% footnote to S.B. 1995 no. 98; the Minister's wage tax tables under LB art. 13(4).
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