Total tax paid
₱ 1,387
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₱ 834 to pay you ₱ 8,901. In other words, every time you spend ₱ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₱ 1.56 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.2% tax rate now rises to 14.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.1% higher than what it seemed at first.