Total tax paid
₦15.91
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦6.84 to pay you ₦57. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦2.79 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.9% tax rate now rises to 24.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9% higher than what it seemed at first.