Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 51
Social Security
- GH₵ 2.81
Total tax
- GH₵ 2.81
Net pay
* GH₵ 48.20
Marginal tax rate
5.5%
Average tax rate
5.5%
94.5%
Net pay
5.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 48.20
Net pay
GH₵ 6.63
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 2.81
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 9.44
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 6.63 to pay you GH₵ 51.01. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 1.85 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.5% tax rate now rises to 16.4%, 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₵ 51 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 2.81. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 48.20 per year, or GH₵ 4.02 per month. Your average tax rate is 5.5% 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.
Tax per income
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GH₵ 100,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
GHS 50
1.6%
1
USA
GHS 46
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 50
2.4%
1
Brazil
GHS 47
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 47
7.7%
3
Colombia
GHS 47
8.0%
4
Ecuador
GHS 46
9.3%
5
Guatemala
GHS 46
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 46
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 45
10.9%
8
Peru
GHS 45
12.5%
9
Argentina
GHS 42
17.0%
10
Chile
GHS 42
17.6%
11
Uruguay
GHS 42
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kenya
GHS 51
1,044.1%
1
South Africa
GHS 50
1.0%
2
Angola
GHS 49
3.0%
3
Uganda
GHS 48
5.0%
4
Ghana
GHS 48
5.5%
5
Zambia
GHS 48
6.0%
6
Morocco
GHS 48
6.8%
7
Ivory Coast
GHS 47
7.5%
8
Cameroon
GHS 43
15.6%
9
Nigeria
GHS 42
16.8%
10
Senegal
GHS 23
55.5%
11
Mozambique
GHS 51
282.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
GHS 51
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
GHS 51
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
GHS 48
5.0%
3
Qatar
GHS 48
5.0%
4
Lebanon
GHS 47
7.0%
5
Bahrain
GHS 47
7.7%
6
Oman
GHS 47
8.3%
7
Kuwait
GHS 45
11.5%
8
Israel
GHS 44
13.2%
9
Turkey
GHS 43
15.8%
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.