Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 19,583
Income Tax
- GH₵ 2,190
Social Security
- GH₵ 1,077
Total tax
- GH₵ 3,267
Net pay
* GH₵ 16,316
Marginal tax rate
22.0%
Average tax rate
16.7%
83.3%
Net pay
16.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 16,316
Net pay
GH₵ 2,546
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 3,267
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 5,813
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 2,546 to pay you GH₵ 19,583. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.97 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.7% tax rate now rises to 26.3%, 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₵ 19,583 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 3,267. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 16,316 per year, or GH₵ 1,360 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.7% 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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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
GHS 19583
0.0%
1
Germany
GHS 19583
0.0%
2
Austria
GHS 19583
0.0%
3
Ireland
GHS 19583
0.0%
4
Sweden
GHS 19583
0.0%
5
Norway
GHS 19583
0.0%
6
Spain
GHS 18340
6.4%
7
Switzerland
GHS 17806
9.1%
8
Italy
GHS 17783
9.2%
9
France
GHS 17683
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
GHS 17429
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
GHS 17419
11.1%
12
Russia
GHS 17037
13.0%
13
Hungary
GHS 15960
18.5%
14
Ukraine
GHS 15764
19.5%
15
Poland
GHS 15377
21.5%
16
Greece
GHS 15304
21.9%
17
Portugal
GHS 14580
25.6%
18
Finland
GHS 13561
30.8%
19
Belgium
GHS 13316
32.0%
20
Netherlands
GHS 12320
37.1%
21
Denmark
GHS 12184
37.8%
22
Romania
GHS 11456
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
GHS 18471
5.7%
1
USA
GHS 17887
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
GHS 19583
0.0%
1
Singapore
GHS 19583
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
GHS 19583
0.0%
3
Pakistan
GHS 19406
0.9%
4
Thailand
GHS 18604
5.0%
5
Philippines
GHS 18104
7.6%
6
Indonesia
GHS 17930
8.4%
7
Taiwan
GHS 17850
8.9%
8
South Korea
GHS 17490
10.7%
9
New Zealand
GHS 17255
11.9%
10
India
GHS 17233
12.0%
11
Malaysia
GHS 17191
12.2%
12
China
GHS 17001
13.2%
13
Vietnam
GHS 16650
15.0%
14
Japan
GHS 15913
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
GHS 15510
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 19118
2.4%
1
Brazil
GHS 18114
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 18026
8.0%
3
Colombia
GHS 18016
8.0%
4
Ecuador
GHS 17732
9.5%
5
Guatemala
GHS 17705
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 17527
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 17429
11.0%
8
Peru
GHS 17135
12.5%
9
Argentina
GHS 16254
17.0%
10
Chile
GHS 16136
17.6%
11
Uruguay
GHS 16038
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 19387
1.0%
1
Zambia
GHS 18408
6.0%
2
Morocco
GHS 18263
6.7%
3
Uganda
GHS 17633
10.0%
4
Ivory Coast
GHS 17591
10.2%
5
Kenya
GHS 17106
12.7%
6
Senegal
GHS 16961
13.4%
7
Cameroon
GHS 16523
15.6%
8
Mozambique
GHS 16459
16.0%
9
Ghana
GHS 16316
16.7%
10
Angola
GHS 15407
21.3%
11
Nigeria
GHS 14939
23.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
GHS 19583
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
GHS 18604
5.0%
2
Qatar
GHS 18604
5.0%
3
Bahrain
GHS 18016
8.0%
4
Oman
GHS 18016
8.0%
5
Kuwait
GHS 17429
11.0%
6
Israel
GHS 17008
13.2%
7
Lebanon
GHS 16918
13.6%
8
Egypt
GHS 16432
16.1%
9
Turkey
GHS 16280
16.9%
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.