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Income Tax Calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary ₦3,364,670
National Housing Fund (NHF) - ₦84,117
Income Tax - ₦520,390
Pension contributions - ₦269,174
Total tax - ₦873,680
Net pay * ₦2,490,990
Marginal tax rate 29.3%
Average tax rate 26.0%
26%Total tax
74%
Net pay
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₦2,490,990
Net pay
₦403,760
Tax the employer pays
₦873,680
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
₦1,277,440
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦403,760 to pay you ₦3,364,670. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3.8 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26% tax rate now rises to 33.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make ₦3,364,670 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦873,680. That means that your net pay will be ₦2,490,990 per year, or ₦207,582 per month. Your average tax rate is 26.0% and your marginal tax rate is 29.3%. 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 ₦29.3, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦70.7.

Bonus Example

A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦707 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦3,535 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.