Total tax paid
£271
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £193 to pay you £1,282. In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £2.11 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.1% tax rate now rises to 18.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.