Total tax paid
₦47,579
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦16,477 to pay you ₦137,308. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.47 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
30.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.7% tax rate now rises to 30.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.2% higher than what it seemed at first.