Total tax paid
₨ 18,686
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 625 to pay you ₨ 153,833. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 1.21 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.7% tax rate now rises to 12.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.