Total tax paid
GH₵ 4,979
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 2,237 to pay you GH₵ 17,204. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.89 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.9% tax rate now rises to 25.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.7% higher than what it seemed at first.