Total tax paid
₦12,045
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦4,823 to pay you ₦40,194. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18% tax rate now rises to 26.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.8% higher than what it seemed at first.