Total tax paid
£9,925
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £2,376 to pay you £15,785. In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £6.29 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.8% tax rate now rises to 54.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.9% higher than what it seemed at first.