Total tax paid
₨ 18,000
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 15,000 to pay you ₨ 15,995. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 11.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
58.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18.8% tax rate now rises to 58.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 39.3% higher than what it seemed at first.