Total tax paid
£32,853
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £10,859 to pay you £72,150. In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £4.55 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.5% tax rate now rises to 39.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.1% higher than what it seemed at first.