Income tax calculator Ghana

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
GH₵ 8,824
Income Tax
- GH₵ 423
Social Security
- GH₵ 485
Total tax
- GH₵ 908
Net pay
* GH₵ 7,916
Marginal tax rate
15.3%
Average tax rate
10.3%
89.7%
Net pay
10.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
GH₵ 7,916
Net pay
GH₵ 1,147
Tax the employer pays
GH₵ 908
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
GH₵ 2,055
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 1,147 to pay you GH₵ 8,824. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 2.33 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
20.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 10.3% tax rate now rises to 20.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make GH₵ 8,824 a year living in Ghana, you will be taxed GH₵ 908. That means that your net pay will be GH₵ 7,916 per year, or GH₵ 660 per month. Your average tax rate is 10.3% and your marginal tax rate is 15.3%. 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₵ 15.28, hence, your net pay will only increase by GH₵ 84.72.
Bonus Example
A GH₵ 1,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 847 of net incomes. A GH₵ 5,000 bonus will generate an extra GH₵ 4,236 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
GH₵ 5,000
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GH₵ 100,000
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
GHS 8685
1.6%
1
USA
GHS 8060
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
GHS 8824
0.0%
1
Singapore
GHS 8824
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
GHS 8824
0.0%
3
Pakistan
GHS 8647
2.0%
4
Thailand
GHS 8383
5.0%
5
Indonesia
GHS 8047
8.8%
6
Taiwan
GHS 8043
8.9%
7
South Korea
GHS 7881
10.7%
8
Philippines
GHS 7847
11.1%
9
New Zealand
GHS 7775
11.9%
10
India
GHS 7765
12.0%
11
Malaysia
GHS 7713
12.6%
12
China
GHS 7661
13.2%
13
Vietnam
GHS 7503
15.0%
14
Japan
GHS 7170
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
GHS 6989
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
GHS 8614
2.4%
1
Brazil
GHS 8162
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
GHS 8123
8.0%
3
Colombia
GHS 8118
8.0%
4
Ecuador
GHS 7990
9.5%
5
Guatemala
GHS 7978
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
GHS 7897
10.5%
7
Panama
GHS 7853
11.0%
8
Peru
GHS 7721
12.5%
9
Argentina
GHS 7324
17.0%
10
Chile
GHS 7271
17.6%
11
Uruguay
GHS 7227
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
GHS 8736
1.0%
1
Uganda
GHS 8354
5.3%
2
Zambia
GHS 8295
6.0%
3
Morocco
GHS 8229
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
GHS 8162
7.5%
5
Senegal
GHS 8041
8.9%
6
Ghana
GHS 7916
10.3%
7
Kenya
GHS 7827
11.3%
8
Mozambique
GHS 7539
14.6%
9
Cameroon
GHS 7445
15.6%
10
Angola
GHS 7071
19.9%
11
Nigeria
GHS 7064
19.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
GHS 8824
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
GHS 8383
5.0%
2
Qatar
GHS 8383
5.0%
3
Bahrain
GHS 8118
8.0%
4
Oman
GHS 8118
8.0%
5
Lebanon
GHS 7869
10.8%
6
Kuwait
GHS 7853
11.0%
7
Egypt
GHS 7771
11.9%
8
Israel
GHS 7664
13.2%
9
Turkey
GHS 7433
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.