Total tax paid
GH₵ 8,258
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 2,659 to pay you GH₵ 20,453. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 4.04 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.4% tax rate now rises to 35.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.3% higher than what it seemed at first.