Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
16,020 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,782 kr
Communal tax
- 2,623 kr
Church tax
- 124 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 5,665 kr
Net pay
* 10,355 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
35.4%
64.6%
Net pay
35.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,355 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
5,665 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
19,586 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 16,020 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 12.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
65.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.4% tax rate now rises to 65.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 30% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 16,020 kr a year living in the region of Rebild, Denmark, you will be taxed 5,665 kr. That means that your net pay will be 10,355 kr per year, or 863 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.4% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.71 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.29 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,365 kr of net incomes.
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Rebild 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.