Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 68,553
Income Tax
- GH₵ 11,903
Social Security
- GH₵ 3,770
Total tax
- GH₵ 15,673
Net pay
* GH₵ 52,880
Marginal tax rate
29.1%
Average tax rate
22.9%
77.1%
Net pay
22.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 52,880
Net pay
GH₵ 8,912
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 15,673
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 24,585
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 8,912 to pay you GH₵ 68,553. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 3.59 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.9% tax rate now rises to 31.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make GH₵ 68,553 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 15,673. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 52,880 per year, or GH₵ 4,407 per month. Your average tax rate is 22.9% and your marginal tax rate is 29.1%. 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₵ 29.13, hence, your net pay will only increase by GH₵ 70.87.
Bonus Example
A GH₵ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 709 of net incomes. A GH₵ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 3,544 of net incomes.
Tax per income
GH₵ 65,000
GH₵ 70,000
GH₵ 75,000
GH₵ 80,000
GH₵ 85,000
GH₵ 90,000
GH₵ 95,000
GH₵ 100,000
GH₵ 105,000
GH₵ 110,000
GH₵ 115,000
GH₵ 120,000
GH₵ 125,000
GH₵ 130,000
GH₵ 135,000
GH₵ 140,000
GH₵ 145,000
GH₵ 150,000
GH₵ 155,000
GH₵ 160,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
GHS 62616
8.7%
1
Canada
GHS 57605
16.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
GHS 68553
0.0%
1
Singapore
GHS 68553
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
GHS 68553
0.0%
3
Pakistan
GHS 67453
1.6%
4
Philippines
GHS 65327
4.7%
5
Thailand
GHS 65095
5.0%
6
Indonesia
GHS 62581
8.7%
7
Taiwan
GHS 62485
8.9%
8
South Korea
GHS 61020
11.0%
9
Malaysia
GHS 60463
11.8%
10
New Zealand
GHS 60402
11.9%
11
India
GHS 60327
12.0%
12
Vietnam
GHS 57157
16.6%
13
Japan
GHS 55705
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
GHS 54294
20.8%
15
China
GHS 52205
23.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 64354
6.1%
1
Colombia
GHS 68348
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 63103
8.0%
3
Brazil
GHS 62876
8.3%
4
Ecuador
GHS 62075
9.5%
5
Guatemala
GHS 61980
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 61355
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 61012
11.0%
8
Peru
GHS 59984
12.5%
9
Chile
GHS 56488
17.6%
10
Uruguay
GHS 54774
20.1%
11
Argentina
GHS 45801
33.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 67867
1.0%
1
Morocco
GHS 62483
8.9%
2
Ivory Coast
GHS 57196
16.6%
3
Cameroon
GHS 57188
16.6%
4
Kenya
GHS 56902
17.0%
5
Mozambique
GHS 55338
19.3%
6
Ghana
GHS 52880
22.9%
7
Zambia
GHS 52323
23.7%
8
Angola
GHS 52022
24.1%
9
Senegal
GHS 49570
27.7%
10
Uganda
GHS 49362
28.0%
11
Nigeria
GHS 48660
29.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
GHS 68553
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
GHS 65125
5.0%
2
Qatar
GHS 65125
5.0%
3
Bahrain
GHS 63069
8.0%
4
Oman
GHS 63069
8.0%
5
Kuwait
GHS 61012
11.0%
6
Israel
GHS 59538
13.2%
7
Lebanon
GHS 54506
20.5%
8
Egypt
GHS 54157
21.0%
9
Turkey
GHS 43021
37.2%
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.