Total tax paid
£17,338
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £6,705 to pay you £44,554. In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £3.89 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.9% tax rate now rises to 33.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.9% higher than what it seemed at first.