Total tax paid
S$1,771
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer S$1,196 to pay you S$6,978. In other words, every time you spend S$10 of your hard-earned money, S$2.54 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.2% tax rate now rises to 21.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.5% higher than what it seemed at first.