Total tax paid
₨ 18,650
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 1,250 to pay you ₨ 217,000. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 0.86 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
8.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8% tax rate now rises to 8.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.