Income tax calculator Ghana
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 159,584
Income Tax
- GH₵ 33,409
Social Security
- GH₵ 8,777
Total tax
- GH₵ 42,186
Net pay
*
GH₵ 117,398
Marginal tax rate
29.1%
Average tax rate
26.4%
73.6%
Net pay
26.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 117,398
Net pay
GH₵ 20,746
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 42,186
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 62,932
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 20,746 to pay you GH₵ 159,584. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 3.94 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26.4% tax rate now rises to 34.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make GH₵ 159,584 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 42,186. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 117,398 per year, or GH₵ 9,783 per month. Your average tax rate is 26.4% 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.
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.