Total tax paid
₦7.24
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦3.24 to pay you ₦27. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦2.68 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 14.8% tax rate now rises to 23.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.1% higher than what it seemed at first.