Total tax paid
€ 12 489
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 2 392 to pay you € 21 648. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 5.77 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 46.6% tax rate now rises to 51.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.3% higher than what it seemed at first.