Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 19,344
Income Tax
- GH₵ 2,151
Social Security
- GH₵ 1,064
Total tax
- GH₵ 3,214
Net pay
* GH₵ 16,130
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₵ 16,130
Net pay
GH₵ 2,515
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 3,214
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 5,729
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 2,515 to pay you GH₵ 19,344. 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₵ 19,344 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 3,214. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 16,130 per year, or GH₵ 1,344 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₵ 22.04, 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.
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
GHS 18260
5.6%
1
USA
GHS 17669
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
GHS 19344
0.0%
1
Singapore
GHS 19344
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
GHS 19344
0.0%
3
Pakistan
GHS 19167
0.9%
4
Thailand
GHS 18377
5.0%
5
Philippines
GHS 17877
7.6%
6
Indonesia
GHS 17710
8.5%
7
Taiwan
GHS 17632
8.9%
8
South Korea
GHS 17276
10.7%
9
New Zealand
GHS 17044
11.9%
10
India
GHS 17023
12.0%
11
Malaysia
GHS 16981
12.2%
12
China
GHS 16793
13.2%
13
Vietnam
GHS 16447
15.0%
14
Japan
GHS 15719
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
GHS 15320
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 18885
2.4%
1
Brazil
GHS 17893
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 17806
8.0%
3
Colombia
GHS 17796
8.0%
4
Ecuador
GHS 17516
9.5%
5
Guatemala
GHS 17489
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 17313
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 17216
11.0%
8
Peru
GHS 16926
12.5%
9
Argentina
GHS 16056
17.0%
10
Chile
GHS 15939
17.6%
11
Uruguay
GHS 15843
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 19151
1.0%
1
Zambia
GHS 18183
6.0%
2
Morocco
GHS 18040
6.7%
3
Uganda
GHS 17456
9.8%
4
Ivory Coast
GHS 17386
10.1%
5
Kenya
GHS 16897
12.7%
6
Senegal
GHS 16769
13.3%
7
Cameroon
GHS 16321
15.6%
8
Mozambique
GHS 16263
15.9%
9
Ghana
GHS 16130
16.6%
10
Angola
GHS 15224
21.3%
11
Nigeria
GHS 14770
23.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
GHS 19344
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
GHS 18377
5.0%
2
Qatar
GHS 18377
5.0%
3
Bahrain
GHS 17797
8.0%
4
Oman
GHS 17797
8.0%
5
Kuwait
GHS 17216
11.0%
6
Israel
GHS 16800
13.2%
7
Lebanon
GHS 16724
13.5%
8
Egypt
GHS 16249
16.0%
9
Turkey
GHS 16090
16.8%
10
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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.