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 ₨ 5,808. In other words, every time you spend ₨ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₨ 30.99 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
86.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 51.7% tax rate now rises to 86.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 34.8% higher than what it seemed at first.