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Income tax calculator AarhusFind out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Withholding
Salary 1,200,000 kr
Church tax - 7,832 kr
Top-bracket tax - 82,725 kr
Communal tax - 259,504 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,13% - 133,474 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP) - 1,136 kr
Total tax - 484,670 kr
Net pay * 715,330 kr
Marginal tax rate 48.2%
Average tax rate 40.4%
40.4%Total tax
59.6%
Net pay
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715,330 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
484,670 kr
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
kr 498,592
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,200,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend kr 10 of your hard-earned money, kr 4.15 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.4% tax rate now rises to 41.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make 1,200,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 484,670 kr. That means that your net pay will be 715,330 kr per year, or 59,611 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.4% and your marginal tax rate is 48.2%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of kr 100 in your salary will be taxed kr 48.2, hence, your net pay will only increase by kr 51.8.

Bonus Example

A kr 1,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 518 of net incomes. A kr 5,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 2,590 of net incomes.

NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus tables of DK, 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.