Total tax paid
₱ 4,777
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₱ 2,584 to pay you ₱ 10,271. In other words, every time you spend ₱ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₱ 4.65 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.3% tax rate now rises to 37.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.9% higher than what it seemed at first.