Total tax paid
₱ 1,158
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer ₱ 706 to pay you ₱ 8,425. In other words, every time you spend ₱ 10 of your hard-earned money, ₱ 1.37 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
12.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.4% tax rate now rises to 12.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.3% higher than what it seemed at first.