Total tax paid
$43.52
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $23 to pay you $1,040. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $0.42 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2% tax rate now rises to 4.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.1% higher than what it seemed at first.