Total tax paid
S$5,998
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$1,020 to pay you S$26,846. In other words, every time you spend S$10 of your hard-earned money, S$2.23 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18.5% tax rate now rises to 21.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3% higher than what it seemed at first.