Total tax paid
£19,970
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £7,525 to pay you £50,003. In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £3.99 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.9% tax rate now rises to 34.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.8% higher than what it seemed at first.