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Income Tax Calculator Denmark

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary 6,689 kr
Church tax - 58 kr
Top-bracket tax - 844 kr
Communal tax - 1,569 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,13% - 744 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP) -1 kr
Total tax - 3,216 kr
Net pay * 3,473 kr
Marginal tax rate 48.8%
Average tax rate 48.1%
48.1%Total tax
51.9%
Net pay
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3,473 kr
Net pay
7 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,216 kr
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
kr 3,223
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 7 kr to pay you 6,689 kr. In other words, every time you spend kr 10 of your hard-earned money, kr 4.82 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 48.1% tax rate now rises to 48.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make 12,869,636 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,187,165 kr. That means that your net pay will be 6,682,471 kr per year, or 556,873 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 48.1% and your marginal tax rate is 48.8%. 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 48.8, hence, your net pay will only increase by kr 51.2.

Bonus Example

A kr 1,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 512 of net incomes. A kr 5,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 2,560 of net incomes.

NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.