Total tax paid
₨ 12,077
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 288 to pay you ₨ 85,000. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 1.42 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.9% tax rate now rises to 14.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.