Total tax paid
₨ 346
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 288 to pay you ₨ 986. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 3.51 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.9% tax rate now rises to 27.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.3% higher than what it seemed at first.