Total tax paid
GH₵ 205
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 144 to pay you GH₵ 1,106. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 1.85 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.5% tax rate now rises to 16.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.9% higher than what it seemed at first.