Total tax paid
₨ 2,169
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 57.69 to pay you ₨ 16,015. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 1.35 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
13.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.2% tax rate now rises to 13.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.