Total tax paid
GH₵ 963
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 645 to pay you GH₵ 4,961. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 1.94 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
17.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 6.4% tax rate now rises to 17.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.8% higher than what it seemed at first.