Total tax paid
GH₵ 1,459
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 873 to pay you GH₵ 6,716. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.17 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.7% tax rate now rises to 19.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.5% higher than what it seemed at first.