Total tax paid
₨ 750
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 625 to pay you ₨ 1,978. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 3.79 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.3% tax rate now rises to 28.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22.5% higher than what it seemed at first.