Income tax calculator Ghana
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 3
Social Security
- GH₵ 0.17
Total tax
- GH₵ 0.17
Net pay
*
GH₵ 2.84
Marginal tax rate
5.5%
Average tax rate
5.6%
94.4%
Net pay
5.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 2.84
Net pay
GH₵ 0.39
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 0.17
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 0.56
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 0.39 to pay you GH₵ 3.01. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 1.86 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.6% tax rate now rises to 16.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make GH₵ 3 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 0.17. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 2.84 per year, or GH₵ 0.24 per month. Your average tax rate is 5.7% and your marginal tax rate is 5.5%. 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₵ 5.50, hence, your net pay will only increase by GH₵ 94.50.
Bonus Example
A GH₵ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 945 of net incomes. A GH₵ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 4,725 of net incomes.
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Europe
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
GHS 3
0.0%
1
Germany
GHS 3
0.0%
2
Austria
GHS 3
0.0%
3
Ireland
GHS 3
0.0%
4
Netherlands
GHS 3
0.0%
5
Sweden
GHS 3
0.0%
6
Norway
GHS 3
0.0%
7
Czech Republic
GHS 3
11.0%
8
France
GHS 3
11.6%
9
Italy
GHS 3
11.6%
10
Switzerland
GHS 3
2,425.0%
11
Spain
GHS 3
5.9%
12
Luxembourg
GHS 3
11.8%
13
Russia
GHS 3
13.0%
14
Hungary
GHS 2
18.5%
15
Ukraine
GHS 2
19.5%
16
Poland
GHS 2
21.3%
17
Greece
GHS 2
23.5%
18
Portugal
GHS 2
23.5%
19
Finland
GHS 2
29.4%
20
Belgium
GHS 2
33.3%
21
Romania
GHS 2
44.3%
22
Denmark
GHS 0
100.0%
23
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North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
GHS 3
3.9%
1
USA
GHS 3
10.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
GHS 3
0.0%
1
Singapore
GHS 3
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
GHS 3
0.0%
3
Indonesia
GHS 3
8.8%
4
India
GHS 3
12.0%
5
China
GHS 3
12.9%
6
New Zealand
GHS 3
12.9%
7
Vietnam
GHS 3
15.0%
8
Japan
GHS 2
18.7%
9
Pakistan
GHS 3
2,399.7%
10
Thailand
GHS 3
5.0%
11
Taiwan
GHS 3
8.9%
12
South Korea
GHS 3
10.7%
13
Kazakhstan
GHS 2
20.8%
14
Philippines
GHS 1
59.0%
15
Malaysia
GHS 1
59.8%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 3
2.4%
1
Puerto Rico
GHS 3
5.6%
2
Brazil
GHS 3
7.6%
3
Colombia
GHS 3
8.0%
4
Guatemala
GHS 3
9.9%
5
Costa Rica
GHS 3
10.5%
6
Ecuador
GHS 3
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 3
11.1%
8
Peru
GHS 3
13.0%
9
Argentina
GHS 2
17.0%
10
Chile
GHS 2
17.6%
11
Uruguay
GHS 2
18.2%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 3
0.9%
1
Angola
GHS 3
3.0%
2
Morocco
GHS 3
6.6%
3
Nigeria
GHS 3
14.7%
4
Cameroon
GHS 3
15.6%
5
Kenya
GHS 3
4,667.1%
6
Uganda
GHS 3
5.0%
7
Ghana
GHS 3
5.7%
8
Zambia
GHS 3
6.0%
9
Ivory Coast
GHS 3
7.5%
10
Senegal
GHS 3
219.9%
11
Mozambique
GHS 3
937.8%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
GHS 3
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
GHS 3
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
GHS 3
4.5%
3
Qatar
GHS 3
4.5%
4
Lebanon
GHS 3
7.0%
5
Israel
GHS 3
13.0%
6
Bahrain
GHS 3
14.3%
7
Oman
GHS 3
14.3%
8
Turkey
GHS 3
15.7%
9
Kuwait
GHS 3
16.7%
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.