Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,442 kr
Communal tax
- 1,888 kr
Church tax
- 31.46 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,496 kr
Net pay
* 8,464 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
34.7%
65.3%
Net pay
34.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8,464 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,496 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,418 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 12,960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 14.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
68.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.7% tax rate now rises to 68.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 33.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,960 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,496 kr. That means that your net pay will be 8,464 kr per year, or 705 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.7% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 30.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,452 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 12960
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 12960
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 12960
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 12960
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 12960
0.0%
5
Sweden
DKK 12867
0.7%
6
Spain
DKK 12137
6.4%
7
Switzerland
DKK 11888
8.3%
8
Italy
DKK 11769
9.2%
9
France
DKK 11703
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 11534
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 11528
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 11275
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 10562
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 10433
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 10177
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 10128
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 9649
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 8975
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 8813
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 8295
36.0%
21
Netherlands
DKK 8157
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 7582
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 11838
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 11813
8.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 12960
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 12960
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 12960
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 12883
0.6%
4
Thailand
DKK 12312
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 12159
6.2%
6
Indonesia
DKK 11892
8.2%
7
Taiwan
DKK 11813
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 11575
10.7%
9
New Zealand
DKK 11419
11.9%
10
Malaysia
DKK 11418
11.9%
11
India
DKK 11405
12.0%
12
China
DKK 11251
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 11019
15.0%
14
Japan
DKK 10531
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 10264
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 12652
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 11988
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 11930
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 11923
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 11735
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 11717
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 11599
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 11534
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 11340
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 10757
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 10679
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 10614
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 12830
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 12182
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 12086
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 11366
12.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 11314
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 10935
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 10798
16.7%
7
Senegal
DKK 10639
17.9%
8
Uganda
DKK 10589
18.3%
9
Ghana
DKK 10553
18.6%
10
Angola
DKK 10092
22.1%
11
Nigeria
DKK 9632
25.7%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gentofte 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.