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Income Tax Calculator Nigeria

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary ₦499,054
National Housing Fund (NHF) - ₦12,476
Income Tax - ₦37,525
Pension contributions - ₦39,924
Total tax - ₦89,926
Net pay * ₦409,128
Marginal tax rate 19.6%
Average tax rate 18.0%
18%Total tax
82%
Net pay
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₦409,128
Net pay
₦59,886
Tax the employer pays
₦89,926
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
₦149,812
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₦59,886 to pay you ₦499,054. In other words, every time you spend ₦10 of your hard-earned money, ₦3 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18% tax rate now rises to 26.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make ₦499,054 a year living in Nigeria, you will be taxed ₦89,926. That means that your net pay will be ₦409,128 per year, or ₦34,094 per month. Your average tax rate is 18.0% and your marginal tax rate is 19.6%. 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 ₦19.6, hence, your net pay will only increase by ₦80.4.

Bonus Example

A ₦1,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦804 of net incomes. A ₦5,000 bonus will generate an extra ₦4,020 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.