Total tax paid
₨ 750
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 625 to pay you ₨ 13,501. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 0.56 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
5.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.9% tax rate now rises to 5.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.4% higher than what it seemed at first.