Total tax paid
₨ 9,520
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 1,250 to pay you ₨ 154,158. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 0.62 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.4% tax rate now rises to 6.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.