Total tax paid
₨ 750
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 625 to pay you ₨ 500. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 15 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
66.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25% tax rate now rises to 66.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 41.7% higher than what it seemed at first.