Total tax paid
₱ 448
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₱ 260 to pay you ₱ 2,257. In other words, every time you spend ₱ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₱ 1.99 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.4% tax rate now rises to 17.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.4% higher than what it seemed at first.