Total tax paid
£4,513
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £2,709 to pay you £18,001. In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £2.51 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10% tax rate now rises to 21.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.8% higher than what it seemed at first.