Total tax paid
GH₵ 3,459
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 1,672 to pay you GH₵ 12,865. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.69 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
23.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 13.9% tax rate now rises to 23.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.9% higher than what it seemed at first.