Total tax paid
₱ 4,711
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₱ 2,551 to pay you ₱ 6,998. In other words, every time you spend ₱ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₱ 6.73 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.9% tax rate now rises to 49.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.4% higher than what it seemed at first.