Total tax paid
₨ 15,000
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₨ 15,000 to pay you ₨ 2,256. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 66.49 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
86.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0% tax rate now rises to 86.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 86.9% higher than what it seemed at first.