Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
72 kr
Total tax
- 1,144 kr
Net pay
* 0 kr
Marginal tax rate
100.0%
Average tax rate
100.0%
0.0%
Net pay
100.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
0 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,144 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,065 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,144 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 131.71 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
100.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 100% tax rate now rises to 100.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 72 kr a year living in the region of Herning, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,144 kr. That means that your net pay will be 0 kr per year, or 0 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 100.0% and your marginal tax rate is 100.0%. 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 100 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 0 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 0 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 0 kr of net incomes.
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 71
1.0%
1
Angola
DKK 70
3.0%
2
Uganda
DKK 68
5.0%
3
Ghana
DKK 68
5.5%
4
Zambia
DKK 68
6.0%
5
Morocco
DKK 67
6.7%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 67
7.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 61
15.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 60
16.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 56
22.8%
10
Mozambique
DKK 4
94.8%
11
Kenya
DKK 72
317.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herning 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.