Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 27,664
Income Tax
- GH₵ 3,526
Social Security
- GH₵ 1,522
Total tax
- GH₵ 5,048
Net pay
* GH₵ 22,616
Marginal tax rate
22.0%
Average tax rate
18.2%
81.8%
Net pay
18.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 22,616
Net pay
GH₵ 3,596
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 5,048
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 8,644
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 3,596 to pay you GH₵ 27,664. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 3.12 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18.2% tax rate now rises to 27.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make GH₵ 27,664 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 5,048. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 22,616 per year, or GH₵ 1,885 per month. Your average tax rate is 18.3% 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.
Tax per income
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
GH₵ 115,000
GH₵ 120,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
GHS 25407
8.2%
1
USA
GHS 25268
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 27007
2.4%
1
Brazil
GHS 25589
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 25465
8.0%
3
Colombia
GHS 25451
8.0%
4
Ecuador
GHS 25050
9.5%
5
Guatemala
GHS 25011
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 24759
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 24621
11.0%
8
Peru
GHS 24206
12.5%
9
Argentina
GHS 22961
17.0%
10
Chile
GHS 22795
17.6%
11
Uruguay
GHS 22657
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
GHS 27664
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
GHS 26281
5.0%
2
Qatar
GHS 26281
5.0%
3
Bahrain
GHS 25451
8.0%
4
Oman
GHS 25451
8.0%
5
Kuwait
GHS 24621
11.0%
6
Israel
GHS 24026
13.2%
7
Lebanon
GHS 23302
15.8%
8
Egypt
GHS 22316
19.3%
9
Turkey
GHS 20582
25.6%
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.