Total tax paid
GH₵ 5,519
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 2,437 to pay you GH₵ 18,743. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.94 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.4% tax rate now rises to 26.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.7% higher than what it seemed at first.