Total tax paid
₱ 4,737
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₱ 2,564 to pay you ₱ 8,272. In other words, every time you spend ₱ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₱ 5.73 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26.3% tax rate now rises to 43.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.4% higher than what it seemed at first.