Total tax paid
GH₵ 16,994
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer GH₵ 4,904 to pay you GH₵ 37,722. In other words, every time you spend GH₵ 10 of your hard-earned money, GH₵ 4.51 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 39.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.8% higher than what it seemed at first.