How it works
Almost every European country taxes personal income progressively: your income is sliced into brackets, and each slice is taxed at its own rate. Only the income inside a bracket pays that bracket’s rate — moving into a higher bracket never reduces your net income, a persistent myth this calculator helps dispel.
Select a country and tax year to see the tax due on your income, your effective rate (total tax ÷ income) and your marginal rate (the tax on your next euro earned), with a full bracket-by-bracket breakdown. A handful of countries — Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Estonia — use a single flat rate instead.
Progressive bracket formula
Tax = Σ (IncomeInBracketᵢ × Rateᵢ)
EffectiveRate = Tax ÷ GrossIncome
MarginalRate = rate of the highest bracket your income reachesTaxable income is gross income minus deductible social contributions and the basic tax-free allowance, where the country provides one.