Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,599,988 LL
Income Tax
- 64,000 LL
Medical Insurance
- 48,000 LL
Total tax
- 111,999 LL
Net pay
* 1,487,989 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
1,487,989 LL
Net pay
359,997 LL
Tax the employer pays
111,999 LL
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
471,996 LL
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 359,997 LL to pay you 1,599,988 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 1,599,988 LL a year living in Lebanon, you will be taxed 111,999 LL. That means that your net pay will be 1,487,989 LL per year, or 123,999 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 1574241
1.6%
1
USA
LBP 1461634
8.6%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
LBP 1599985
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
LBP 1599996
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
LBP 1519996
5.0%
3
Qatar
LBP 1519913
5.0%
4
Lebanon
LBP 1487989
7.0%
5
Oman
LBP 1471966
8.0%
6
Bahrain
LBP 1472553
8.0%
7
Kuwait
LBP 1423734
11.0%
8
Israel
LBP 1389630
13.2%
9
Turkey
LBP 1347849
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.