Total tax paid
S$3,986
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$1,020 to pay you S$16,684. In other words, every time you spend S$10 of your hard-earned money, S$2.39 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
22.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.8% tax rate now rises to 22.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.