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.