Total tax paid
GH₵ 11,743
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 4,746 to pay you GH₵ 36,508. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 3.22 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.2% tax rate now rises to 28.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.3% higher than what it seemed at first.