Total tax paid
€ 4,623
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 1,224 to pay you € 8,000. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 5.78 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 42.5% tax rate now rises to 50.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.6% higher than what it seemed at first.