Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,500 LL
Income Tax
- 500 LL
Medical Insurance
- 375 LL
Total tax
- 875 LL
Net pay
* 11,625 LL
Marginal tax rate
7.0%
Average tax rate
7.0%
93.0%
Net pay
7.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11,625 LL
Net pay
2,813 LL
Tax the employer pays
875 LL
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3,688 LL
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2,813 LL to pay you 12,500 LL. In other words, every time you spend 10 LL of your hard-earned money, 2.95 LL goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7% tax rate now rises to 24.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,500 LL a year living in Lebanon, you will be taxed 875 LL. That means that your net pay will be 11,625 LL per year, or 969 LL per month. Your average tax rate is 7.0% and your marginal tax rate is 7.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 LL in your salary will be taxed 7 LL, hence, your net pay will only increase by 93 LL.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 LL bonus will generate an extra 930 LL of net incomes. A 5,000 LL bonus will generate an extra 4,650 LL of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
LBP 12203
0.0%
1
USA
LBP 11657
7.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
LBP 12187
2.5%
1
Ecuador
LBP 11657
7.1%
2
Puerto Rico
LBP 11657
7.1%
3
Brazil
LBP 11530
7.5%
4
Colombia
LBP 11500
8.0%
5
Guatemala
LBP 11353
9.3%
6
Costa Rica
LBP 11188
10.5%
7
Peru
LBP 10940
13.2%
8
Panama
LBP 10746
14.3%
9
Argentina
LBP 10375
17.0%
10
Chile
LBP 10300
17.6%
11
Uruguay
LBP 10233
18.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
LBP 12361
1.2%
1
Angola
LBP 12125
3.0%
2
Morocco
LBP 11643
6.5%
3
Nigeria
LBP 10695
14.4%
4
Cameroon
LBP 10546
15.6%
5
Kenya
LBP 12500
4,666.8%
6
Uganda
LBP 11875
5.0%
7
Ghana
LBP 11831
5.7%
8
Zambia
LBP 11764
6.1%
9
Ivory Coast
LBP 11562
7.5%
10
Senegal
LBP 12499
219.9%
11
Mozambique
LBP 12503
937.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
LBP 12498
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
LBP 12412
0.0%
2
Kuwait
LBP 11670
0.0%
3
Bahrain
LBP 11895
0.0%
4
Oman
LBP 11645
0.0%
5
United Arab Emirates
LBP 11719
5.9%
6
Qatar
LBP 11794
5.9%
7
Lebanon
LBP 11625
7.0%
8
Israel
LBP 10758
13.5%
9
Turkey
LBP 10536
15.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Lebanon, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.