Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 19,164
Income Tax
- GH₵ 2,121
Social Security
- GH₵ 1,054
Total tax
- GH₵ 3,175
Net pay
* GH₵ 15,989
Marginal tax rate
22.0%
Average tax rate
16.6%
83.4%
Net pay
16.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 15,989
Net pay
GH₵ 2,491
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 3,175
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 5,666
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 2,491 to pay you GH₵ 19,164. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.96 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.6% tax rate now rises to 26.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make GH₵ 19,164 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 3,175. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 15,989 per year, or GH₵ 1,332 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.6% 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₵ 22.03, hence, your net pay will only increase by GH₵ 77.97.
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₵ 3,899 of net incomes.
Tax per income
GH₵ 15,000
GH₵ 20,000
GH₵ 25,000
GH₵ 30,000
GH₵ 35,000
GH₵ 40,000
GH₵ 45,000
GH₵ 50,000
GH₵ 55,000
GH₵ 60,000
GH₵ 65,000
GH₵ 70,000
GH₵ 75,000
GH₵ 80,000
GH₵ 85,000
GH₵ 90,000
GH₵ 95,000
GH₵ 100,000
GH₵ 105,000
GH₵ 110,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
GHS 18101
5.6%
1
USA
GHS 17504
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 18709
2.4%
1
Brazil
GHS 17727
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 17640
8.0%
3
Colombia
GHS 17631
8.0%
4
Ecuador
GHS 17353
9.5%
5
Guatemala
GHS 17326
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 17152
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 17056
11.0%
8
Peru
GHS 16769
12.5%
9
Argentina
GHS 15906
17.0%
10
Chile
GHS 15791
17.6%
11
Uruguay
GHS 15695
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 18972
1.0%
1
Zambia
GHS 18014
6.0%
2
Morocco
GHS 17872
6.7%
3
Uganda
GHS 17323
9.6%
4
Ivory Coast
GHS 17232
10.1%
5
Kenya
GHS 16739
12.7%
6
Senegal
GHS 16625
13.3%
7
Cameroon
GHS 16169
15.6%
8
Mozambique
GHS 16115
15.9%
9
Ghana
GHS 15989
16.6%
10
Angola
GHS 15086
21.3%
11
Nigeria
GHS 14643
23.6%
12
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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.