Total tax paid
£ 2
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £ 26 to pay you £ 2 . In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £3.99 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.75 %
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.9% tax rate now rises to 34.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.8% higher than what it seemed at first.