Total tax paid
₦77.09
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦30.72 to pay you ₦256. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.01 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18.1% tax rate now rises to 26.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.8% higher than what it seemed at first.