Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
29,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,281 kr
Communal tax
- 5,117 kr
Church tax
- 190 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,724 kr
Net pay
* 19,777 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
19,777 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,724 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,645 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 29,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.02 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 54.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 29,500 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,724 kr. That means that your net pay will be 19,777 kr per year, or 1,648 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 31.4%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 31.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.63 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 686 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,432 kr of net incomes.
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Billund tables of Denmark, 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.