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bit64/sars
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South African Revenue Services (SARS) component for PHP

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SARS Component
==============

[](#sars-component)

*Copyright (c) 2021-current Bit 64 Solutions Pty Ltd ([bit64.co](https://bit64.co))*

This component provides a tax calculator microservice specific to the South African Revenue Services (SARS) for PHP projects.

---

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Installation via Composer

```
$ composer require bit64/sars
```

Instantiate the API class

```
use Bit64\SARS\Api;

$api = new Api();
```

#### Income Tax Calculator

[](#income-tax-calculator)

Get the income tax calculator

```
$incomeTax = $api->IncomeTax();
```

Default age is 30 years old

```
$grossMonthly = 25000;

$paye = $incomeTax->calculateMonthlyTax($grossMonthly);

echo sprintf('R%0.2f', $paye);
// Output R3749.17
```

Specify age and context date

```
$grossWeekly = 12000;
$age = 68;
$contextDate = '2021-05-30';

$paye = $incomeTax->calculateWeeklyTax($grossWeekly, $age, $contextDate);

echo sprintf('R%0.2f', $paye);
// Output R2751.23
```

###  Health Score

16

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LowBetter than 5% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity29

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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