Total tax paid
£37,428
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer £12,040 to pay you £79,997. In other words, every time you spend £10 of your hard-earned money, £4.68 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.7% tax rate now rises to 40.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9% higher than what it seemed at first.