Total tax paid
GH₵ 13,301
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 5,324 to pay you GH₵ 40,956. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 3.25 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
28.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 19.5% tax rate now rises to 28.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.2% higher than what it seemed at first.