Income tax calculator Ghana
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 144,000
Income Tax
- GH₵ 29,727
Social Security
- GH₵ 7,920
Total tax
- GH₵ 37,647
Net pay
*
GH₵ 106,353
Marginal tax rate
29.1%
Average tax rate
26.1%
73.9%
Net pay
26.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make GH₵ 144,000 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 37,647. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 106,353 per year, or GH₵ 8,863 per month. Your average tax rate is 26.1% and your marginal tax rate is 29.1%. 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₵ 29.13, hence, your net pay will only increase by GH₵ 70.87.
Bonus Example
A GH₵ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 709 of net incomes. A GH₵ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 3,544 of net incomes.
Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 131526
8.7%
1
Morocco
GHS 117675
18.3%
2
Mozambique
GHS 112689
21.7%
3
Ivory Coast
GHS 110768
23.1%
4
Cameroon
GHS 110169
23.5%
5
Kenya
GHS 109212
24.2%
6
Angola
GHS 107392
25.4%
7
Ghana
GHS 106353
26.1%
8
Nigeria
GHS 99979
30.6%
9
Uganda
GHS 98402
31.7%
10
Senegal
GHS 97907
32.0%
11
Zambia
GHS 94951
34.1%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
GHS 136800
5.0%
1
Qatar
GHS 136800
5.0%
2
Bahrain
GHS 132480
8.0%
3
Oman
GHS 132480
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
GHS 129600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
GHS 128160
11.0%
6
Israel
GHS 125064
13.2%
7
Egypt
GHS 112513
21.9%
8
Lebanon
GHS 111091
22.9%
9
Turkey
GHS 84965
41.0%
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.