Total tax paid
€ 19,542
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 1,192 to pay you € 45,835. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 4.26 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40% tax rate now rises to 41.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.6% higher than what it seemed at first.