Total tax paid
₨ 750
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 625 to pay you ₨ 2,102. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 3.57 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.9% tax rate now rises to 27.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.6% higher than what it seemed at first.