Total tax paid
€ 475
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 27.61 to pay you € 1,062. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 4.47 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 42.1% tax rate now rises to 43.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.