Tax
Effective Tax Rate
Total PAYE divided by gross pay — the real percentage of pay lost to tax.
The effective tax rate is total tax paid expressed as a percentage of gross income. Because Nigeria's PAYE is progressive (each slice of income is taxed at its own rate), the effective rate is always lower than the top band an earner reaches.
Related terms
See it applied to real payroll
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