Total tax paid
€ 74,487
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 18,819 to pay you € 123,000. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 6.06 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45.3% tax rate now rises to 52.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.2% higher than what it seemed at first.