Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 70,000
Income Tax
- GH₵ 12,245
Social Security
- GH₵ 3,850
Total tax
- GH₵ 16,095
Net pay
* GH₵ 53,906
Marginal tax rate
29.1%
Average tax rate
23.0%
77.0%
Net pay
23.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 53,906
Net pay
GH₵ 9,100
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 16,095
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 25,195
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 9,100 to pay you GH₵ 70,000. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 3.60 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
31.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23% tax rate now rises to 31.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make GH₵ 70,000 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 16,095. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 53,906 per year, or GH₵ 4,492 per month. Your average tax rate is 23.0% 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₵ 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
GH₵ 165,000
GH₵ 170,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
GHS 63937
8.7%
1
Canada
GHS 58647
16.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
GHS 70000
0.0%
1
Singapore
GHS 70000
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
GHS 70000
0.0%
3
Pakistan
GHS 68802
1.7%
4
Philippines
GHS 66754
4.6%
5
Thailand
GHS 66453
5.1%
6
Indonesia
GHS 63826
8.8%
7
Taiwan
GHS 63804
8.9%
8
South Korea
GHS 62283
11.0%
9
Malaysia
GHS 61739
11.8%
10
New Zealand
GHS 61677
11.9%
11
India
GHS 61600
12.0%
12
Vietnam
GHS 58322
16.7%
13
Japan
GHS 56881
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
GHS 55440
20.8%
15
China
GHS 52623
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 65507
6.4%
1
Colombia
GHS 69679
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 64435
8.0%
3
Brazil
GHS 64164
8.3%
4
Ecuador
GHS 63385
9.5%
5
Guatemala
GHS 63288
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 62650
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 62300
11.0%
8
Peru
GHS 61250
12.5%
9
Chile
GHS 57680
17.6%
10
Uruguay
GHS 55930
20.1%
11
Argentina
GHS 46581
33.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 69300
1.0%
1
Morocco
GHS 63697
9.0%
2
Ivory Coast
GHS 58338
16.7%
3
Cameroon
GHS 58334
16.7%
4
Kenya
GHS 57899
17.3%
5
Mozambique
GHS 56453
19.4%
6
Ghana
GHS 53906
23.0%
7
Zambia
GHS 53141
24.1%
8
Angola
GHS 53089
24.2%
9
Senegal
GHS 50501
27.9%
10
Uganda
GHS 50302
28.1%
11
Nigeria
GHS 49644
29.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
GHS 70000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
GHS 66500
5.0%
2
Qatar
GHS 66500
5.0%
3
Bahrain
GHS 64400
8.0%
4
Oman
GHS 64400
8.0%
5
Kuwait
GHS 62300
11.0%
6
Israel
GHS 60795
13.2%
7
Lebanon
GHS 55591
20.6%
8
Egypt
GHS 55300
21.0%
9
Turkey
GHS 43864
37.3%
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.