Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 11,599
Income Tax
- GH₵ 870
Social Security
- GH₵ 638
Total tax
- GH₵ 1,508
Net pay
* GH₵ 10,091
Marginal tax rate
22.0%
Average tax rate
13.0%
87.0%
Net pay
13.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 10,091
Net pay
GH₵ 1,508
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 1,508
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 3,016
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 1,508 to pay you GH₵ 11,599. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13% tax rate now rises to 23.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make GH₵ 11,599 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 1,508. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 10,091 per year, or GH₵ 841 per month. Your average tax rate is 13.0% and your marginal tax rate is 22.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of GH₵ 100 in your salary will be taxed GH₵ 22.04, hence, your net pay will only increase by GH₵ 77.96.
Bonus Example
A GH₵ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 780 of net incomes. A GH₵ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 3,898 of net incomes.
Tax per income
GH₵ 15,000
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GH₵ 95,000
GH₵ 100,000
GH₵ 105,000
GH₵ 110,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
GHS 11416
1.6%
1
USA
GHS 10594
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
GHS 11599
0.0%
1
Singapore
GHS 11599
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
GHS 11599
0.0%
3
Pakistan
GHS 11422
1.5%
4
Thailand
GHS 11019
5.0%
5
Indonesia
GHS 10578
8.8%
6
Taiwan
GHS 10572
8.9%
7
Philippines
GHS 10504
9.4%
8
South Korea
GHS 10359
10.7%
9
New Zealand
GHS 10220
11.9%
10
India
GHS 10207
12.0%
11
Malaysia
GHS 10158
12.4%
12
China
GHS 10070
13.2%
13
Vietnam
GHS 9862
15.0%
14
Japan
GHS 9425
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
GHS 9186
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 11324
2.4%
1
Brazil
GHS 10729
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 10677
8.0%
3
Colombia
GHS 10671
8.0%
4
Ecuador
GHS 10503
9.5%
5
Guatemala
GHS 10487
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 10381
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 10323
11.0%
8
Peru
GHS 10149
12.5%
9
Argentina
GHS 9627
17.0%
10
Chile
GHS 9558
17.6%
11
Uruguay
GHS 9500
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 11483
1.0%
1
Uganda
GHS 10973
5.4%
2
Zambia
GHS 10903
6.0%
3
Morocco
GHS 10817
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
GHS 10729
7.5%
5
Senegal
GHS 10547
9.1%
6
Kenya
GHS 10112
12.8%
7
Ghana
GHS 10091
13.0%
8
Mozambique
GHS 9902
14.6%
9
Cameroon
GHS 9786
15.6%
10
Angola
GHS 9226
20.5%
11
Nigeria
GHS 9159
21.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
GHS 11599
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
GHS 11019
5.0%
2
Qatar
GHS 11019
5.0%
3
Bahrain
GHS 10671
8.0%
4
Oman
GHS 10671
8.0%
5
Kuwait
GHS 10323
11.0%
6
Lebanon
GHS 10242
11.7%
7
Egypt
GHS 10141
12.6%
8
Israel
GHS 10074
13.2%
9
Turkey
GHS 9771
15.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Ghana, 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.