Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 612 kr
Communal tax
- 463 kr
Church tax
- 19.40 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,230 kr
Net pay
* 3,270 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
40.6%
59.4%
Net pay
40.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,270 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,230 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,152 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 29.37 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
83.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.6% tax rate now rises to 83.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 42.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,230 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,270 kr per year, or 272 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.6% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.