Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,827 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,541 kr
Communal tax
- 7,753 kr
Church tax
- 247 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,677 kr
Net pay
* 27,150 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27,150 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,677 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,599 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 40,827 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.76 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 50.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40,827 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,677 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,150 kr per year, or 2,262 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.57 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,379 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 40827
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 40827
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 40827
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 40594
0.6%
4
Spain
DKK 38235
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 37860
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 37075
9.2%
7
France
DKK 36867
9.7%
8
Germany
DKK 36654
10.2%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 36336
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 36316
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 35519
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 33274
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 32866
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 32834
19.6%
15
Poland
DKK 32059
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 31907
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 30396
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 28273
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 27762
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 27043
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 25691
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 23884
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 37291
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 32659
20.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 40827
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 40827
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 39054
4.3%
3
Thailand
DKK 38574
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 37417
8.4%
5
Taiwan
DKK 37213
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 36282
11.1%
7
South Korea
DKK 36148
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 36021
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 35973
11.9%
10
India
DKK 35705
12.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 35225
13.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 33551
17.8%
13
Japan
DKK 33175
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 32335
20.8%
15
China
DKK 30692
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 37581
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 37561
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 36969
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 36912
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 36555
10.5%
5
Costa Rica
DKK 36540
10.5%
6
Mexico
DKK 36462
10.7%
7
Panama
DKK 36336
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 35724
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 33641
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 32621
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 26489
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 39452
3.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 36112
11.6%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33074
19.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 32859
19.5%
4
Mozambique
DKK 32531
20.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 32335
20.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 30777
24.6%
7
Angola
DKK 30727
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 28894
29.2%
9
Nigeria
DKK 28641
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 28617
29.9%
11
Uganda
DKK 28597
30.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 38786
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 38786
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 37561
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 37561
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 36744
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 36336
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 35458
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 32106
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 31945
21.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 25105
38.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Horsens 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.