Total tax paid
GH₵ 390
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 111 to pay you GH₵ 850. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 4.59 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 40.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.7% higher than what it seemed at first.