Total tax paid
₦3,541
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦1,468 to pay you ₦12,231. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦2.89 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.9% tax rate now rises to 25.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.9% higher than what it seemed at first.