Total tax paid
GH₵ 6,657
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 2,859 to pay you GH₵ 21,992. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 3.03 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.3% tax rate now rises to 26.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.