Income tax calculator Ghana
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 17,500
Income Tax
- GH₵ 1,846
Social Security
- GH₵ 963
Total tax
- GH₵ 2,808
Net pay
*
GH₵ 14,692
Marginal tax rate
22.0%
Average tax rate
16.0%
84.0%
Net pay
16.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 14,692
Net pay
GH₵ 2,275
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 2,808
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 5,083
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 2,275 to pay you GH₵ 17,500. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.90 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16% tax rate now rises to 25.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make GH₵ 17,500 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 2,808. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 14,692 per year, or GH₵ 1,224 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.1% 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.
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.