Total tax paid
₨ 750
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 625 to pay you ₨ 4,718. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 1.59 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2.6% tax rate now rises to 14.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.4% higher than what it seemed at first.