Hello Nairalanders, please I need your help concerning understanding the true deduction that was supposed to be deducted from my salary. I work with a private company in Lagos and I was happy when I received my letter of appointment over a month ago because it is more than double of my take home where I resigned from before joining the new company, But i was shocked when I receive alert of 30th last month noticing that a whopping 11.5% of the gross salary is deducted as tax and others that I will soon find out. Please I need your help to understand what is actually expected from a standard deductions before I face the HR and the accountant next week.

Read the tax law to know what bracket your tax income falls into.

GboyegaD:
Read the tax law to know what bracket your tax income falls into.

Where, which area or part of the tax law answer my questions? I need direct answers.

Slurity:
Hello Nairalanders, please I need your help concerning understanding the true deduction that was supposed to be deducted from my salary. I work with a private company in Lagos and I was happy when I received my letter of appointment over a month ago because it is more than double of my take home where I resigned from before joining the new company, But i was shocked when I receive alert of 30th last month noticing that a whopping 11.5% of the gross salary is deducted as tax and others that I will soon find out. Please I need your help to understand what is actually expected from a standard deductions before I face the HR and the accountant next week.

Ask for your payslip, it will explain a lot of things to you.
Get the Nigeria personal tax calculator out in the perimeters you will able to get the exact thing .

Slurity:
Where, which area or part of the tax law answer my questions? I need direct answers.

I guess the tax experts will come guide you on that.

I agree with that. You don't have to worry about taxes yourself.