Total tax paid
₱ 4,741
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₱ 2,566 to pay you ₱ 8,500. In other words, every time you spend ₱ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₱ 5.58 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.6% tax rate now rises to 42.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.2% higher than what it seemed at first.