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Income tax calculator Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Withholding
Salary 4,000 kr
Church tax -6 kr
Communal tax - 152 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,13% - 445 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP) - 1,136 kr
Total tax - 1,738 kr
Net pay * 2,262 kr
Marginal tax rate 33.3%
Average tax rate 43.4%
43.4%Total tax
56.6%
Net pay
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2,262 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,738 kr
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
kr 15,660
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 4,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend kr 10 of your hard-earned money, kr 39.15 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
87.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.5% tax rate now rises to 87.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 43.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make 4,000 kr a year living in the region of , Denmark, you will be taxed 1,738 kr. That means that your net pay will be 2,262 kr per year, or 189 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 43.4% and your marginal tax rate is 33.3%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of kr 100 in your salary will be taxed kr 33.3, hence, your net pay will only increase by kr 66.7.

Bonus Example

A kr 1,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 667 of net incomes. A kr 5,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 3,335 of net incomes.

NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the ODSHERRED tables of DK, 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.