Every driver knows the day's takings. Very few know the day's profit, because the money leaves in five directions. This page lists every line of a driver's day, gives the sourced figure where one exists, says plainly where none does, and then lets you fill in your own day.
Updated 8 October 2026. Sources read 8 Oct 2026: MyJoyOnline (NPA floors, 1 Oct), GRA (VIT table), MyJoyOnline (fares, 23 Sep), GOIL, Adom, YEN and Bolt as linked. Prices change every two weeks.
Five subtractions. The owner fixes the first, the pump fixes the second, and the last three move every day. A driver who writes the five numbers each evening knows the day's real profit; one who does not is guessing at month end.
A trotro driver does not earn a wage. The driver and mate run the car as a daily franchise: the owner demands a fixed daily fee, called sales, and the crew keeps what remains after sales and fuel. Owners do not contribute to fuel. Police, station and union dues, tolls and small repairs also come out of the crew's side (Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2020).
The sales figure does not move with the day or with the fare. When the GPRTU cut fares by 15% in May 2025, drivers protested that owners kept sales the same: one said "my car owner takes GH₵ 350 from me every day" (YEN, May 2025). Fares then rose 20% from 2 June 2026 (3News) and by a further 8% from 26 September 2026, when the GPRTU and GRTCC set trotro fares from GH₵ 5.50 to GH₵ 36.80 by route, citing fuel, spare parts and maintenance, and saying the government's diesel intervention had "materially moderated" the rise (MyJoyOnline, 23 Sep 2026). The fare moves; the sales figure is whatever you and the owner agreed.
| Line | Published figure | Source (read 8 Oct 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Takings | Your fare list times your passengers. Not published for any route. | your own count |
| Fare per passenger | Trotro GH₵ 5.50 to 36.80 by route, from 26 Sep 2026 (+8%) | MyJoyOnline |
| Owner's sales | GH₵ 350 a day for one Accra trotro; no standard rate | YEN, May 2025 |
| Fuel | Floor GH₵ 16.45 petrol, GH₵ 17.97 diesel from 1 Oct 2026; pump higher | MyJoyOnline, 1 Oct 2026 |
| Mate | About GH₵ 100 on a bad day to GH₵ 179 to 200 on a good day, plus chop money (one mate, 2024) | YEN, 20 May 2024 |
| VIT sticker | GH₵ 16 to 30 a quarter by class (see below) | GRA |
| Camera fines | Electronic notices by SMS from 1 Oct 2026, payable on Ghana.gov within 14 days; amounts not listed | Daily Graphic, 15 Sep 2026 |
| Station and union dues, roadworthy, insurance, tyres, servicing | No current figure found. See "Not published". |
Example (made-up numbers, replace with yours). Prices of diesel and the sales figure come from the sources above; the takings, litres, mate pay and dues are invented to show the sum.
| Line | GH₵ |
|---|---|
| Day's takings (made-up) | 1,600.00 |
| Sales to the owner (the reported GH₵ 350; yours differs) | −350.00 |
| Fuel: 40 litres (made-up) at GOIL's GH₵ 18.46 diesel | −738.40 |
| Mate (inside the reported GH₵ 100 to 200 range) | −150.00 |
| Station, union, tolls, small repairs (made-up) | −80.00 |
| VIT sticker per working day (own arithmetic: GH₵ 20 a quarter ÷ 78 days) | −0.26 |
| Left for the driver, before tyres, servicing and repairs | 281.34 |
Two things the example shows. Fuel is by far the biggest line, so a rise of GH₵ 1 a litre on 40 litres moves the day by GH₵ 40, which is why writing the litres and the price at every fill matters. And the VIT sticker, the one cost with an official table, is the smallest line on the page: about GH₵ 0.26 a working day. The danger of the sticker is not its price but the police stop without one.
Put in today's numbers. Nothing is sent anywhere; the sum is done on your phone. If you type litres and the price per litre, the fuel line fills itself.
Put the day's takings in first.
CountMy writes each line, adds the day, and keeps the month. Free. No password, no MoMo PIN.
Ghana's pump prices change on the 1st and 16th. The National Petroleum Authority's price floors from 1 October 2026 are petrol GH₵ 16.45, diesel GH₵ 17.97 per litre and LPG GH₵ 11.10 per kg, up from GH₵ 16.00, GH₵ 16.77 and GH₵ 10.97. COMAC projected pump prices of about GH₵ 17.91 petrol and GH₵ 19.60 diesel, citing crude oil averaging US$124.20 a barrel and a weaker cedi (MyJoyOnline, 1 Oct 2026). A floor is not a pump price and a projection is not a price: GOIL's own page, when read on 8 October, still listed the 17 September pump prices of Super XP GH₵ 16.64 and Diesel XP GH₵ 18.46 (GOIL). Check your station.
Government's GH₵ 2 a litre diesel relief, shared between a GH₵ 1 cut in the D-Levy and GH₵ 1 from margins, was extended for two more months in an article of 1 October; that article's wording of the months is inconsistent, so confirm the end date before you budget on it (MyJoyOnline, 1 Oct 2026). The Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors' chief executive said a Madina to Circle trotro buys about 25 litres for a journey, and that a flat GH₵ 2 favours large-tank private vehicles over trotros (Daily Graphic, 17 Sep 2026). Whatever your route, write the litres and the cedis at every fill.
Vehicle Income Tax is a fixed amount by vehicle class, paid by sticker each quarter on or before 15 January, 15 April, 15 July and 15 October. From GRA's table (GRA, read 8 Oct 2026):
| Class | Per quarter GH₵ | Per year GH₵ | Per working day, own arithmetic (6 days x 13 weeks = 78 days a quarter) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A2 Taxi | 12 | 48 | 0.15 |
| A4 Trotro up to 15 persons | 16 | 64 | 0.21 |
| B3 Trotro up to 19 persons | 20 | 80 | 0.26 |
| B4 Trotro 20 to 23 persons | 22 | 88 | 0.28 |
| B5 Trotro 24 to 32 persons | 30 | 120 | 0.38 |
GRA says VIT monitoring is done with the Ghana Police Service. Keep the receipt; the full class list, the payment code and the Bolt, Uber and Yango classes are on the VIT sticker guide. How VIT sits with your other tax: how to pay tax as a small business, and for sales of a driver who owns the car, the GRA Modified Taxation Scheme.
Bolt publishes 20% of the final price per order in Ghana, calculated automatically and deducted from the weekly earnings, applying to cash and card rides and cancellation fees (Bolt support, read 8 Oct 2026). The one worked day found: GH₵ 1,000 in, GH₵ 200 fuel, GH₵ 250 commission, GH₵ 550 left before servicing, oil, tyres and insurance, from a driver working about 12 hours (YEN, 12 Feb 2026). For a work-and-pay car, replace "sales" in the calculator with your weekly payment divided by the days you work.
An empty cell on this page means the number is not public, not that it is zero. The way to fill it is your own record, kept for three months.
Nobody writes in a moving car. Say it, at the station or at the end of a trip, and see the 4-column evening count and the printable sheet if you prefer paper. If a passenger or a colleague owes you, the customer book keeps it.
| You say | CountMy writes |
|---|---|
| "Trip Madina Circle 90" | Trip, Madina Circle, GH₵ 90 in |
| "Fuel 200" | Cost, fuel, GH₵ 200 |
| "Car owner 350" | Cost, car owner, GH₵ 350 |
| "Mate 150" | Cost, mate, GH₵ 150 |
| "Kwame dey owe me 50" | Kwame owes you GH₵ 50 |
| "How much today?" | It answers out loud |
Works in English, Twi and Pidgin on an ordinary Android in Chrome. At night it says whether today beat yesterday, and the month can be sent to your own WhatsApp: the paper you show the owner when the sales talk comes.
Start today's record: press and talkFree. No password, no MoMo PIN, no Ghana Card. Saved on your phone first, with a safety copy kept for you.
No source publishes a typical figure, and anyone who gives one is guessing. What is published are pieces: one driver saying his owner takes GH₵ 350 a day in sales (YEN, May 2025) and a mate saying GH₵ 100 on a bad day to about GH₵ 200 on a good one (YEN, May 2024). The driver's share is the takings minus sales, fuel, mate and dues, and only your written days can say what that is.
"Sales" is the fixed daily amount the driver pays the owner, not what the driver makes. The one published figure is GH₵ 350 a day for one Accra trotro (YEN, May 2025). It is agreed between each driver and owner, so there is no standard rate.
From 26 September 2026 the approved intra-city trotro fares run from GH₵ 5.50 to GH₵ 36.80 depending on the route, after an 8% rise announced by the GPRTU and the GRTCC (MyJoyOnline, 23 Sep 2026). Your own fare is on the approved list for your route.
The NPA price floors from 1 October 2026 are GH₵ 16.45 per litre of petrol and GH₵ 17.97 of diesel, and pump prices are higher: COMAC projected about GH₵ 17.91 and GH₵ 19.60. GOIL's own page, when read on 8 October, still showed Super XP GH₵ 16.64 and Diesel XP GH₵ 18.46 from 17 September. Prices change on the 1st and 16th.
GRA's table lists GH₵ 16 a quarter (GH₵ 64 a year) for a trotro up to 15 persons, GH₵ 20 (GH₵ 80) up to 19, GH₵ 22 (GH₵ 88) for 20 to 23, and GH₵ 30 (GH₵ 120) for 24 to 32 persons. The quarterly dates are 15 January, 15 April, 15 July and 15 October.
Buy the quarter's sticker at any GRA Domestic Tax Revenue Office and paste it on the front windscreen. GRA's page also shows the short code *222# and payment through Ghana.gov, but does not publish the menu steps, so follow the prompts. Our VIT guide has the full class table.
One driver told a financial planner in February 2026 that he takes GH₵ 1,000 a day, pays GH₵ 200 for fuel and GH₵ 250 in commission and keeps GH₵ 550 before servicing, oil, tyres and insurance (YEN, 12 Feb 2026). He works about 12 hours a day. It is one driver, not an average. Bolt publishes a 20% commission on the final price.
We could not find a 2026 roadworthy fee for trotros published by the DVLA, so none is given. Ask the DVLA office, and write what you paid as a yearly cost. The Concerned Drivers Association complained in August 2026 that late renewal fees double and triple, without giving amounts.
Every figure above is quoted from the linked source and dated; arithmetic we did ourselves, and every made-up number, is labelled. This page is general information, not financial or tax advice. Questions: message us on WhatsApp.