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Income Tax Calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary ₦554,424
National Housing Fund (NHF) - ₦13,861
Income Tax - ₦101,757
Pension contributions - ₦44,354
Total tax - ₦159,971
Net pay * ₦394,453
Marginal tax rate 32.0%
Average tax rate 28.9%
28.9%Total tax
71.1%
Net pay
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₦394,453
Net pay
₦66,531
Tax the employer pays
₦159,971
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
₦226,502
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦66,531 to pay you ₦554,424. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦4.09 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.9% tax rate now rises to 36.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make ₦6,653,088 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦1,919,658. That means that your net pay will be ₦4,733,430 per year, or ₦394,453 per month. Your average tax rate is 28.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of ₦100 in your salary will be taxed ₦32, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦68.

Bonus Example

A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦680 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,400 of net incomes.

NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nigeria tables of NG, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.