Total tax paid
S$230
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$117 to pay you S$687. In other words, every time you spend S$10 of your hard-earned money, S$3.34 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.3% tax rate now rises to 28.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.