German tax calculators
Gross-to-net salary under German wage tax (Lohnsteuer) with the solidarity surcharge, church tax and social insurance, plus income tax, VAT and company tax, explained in English. Every rate comes from the Federal Ministry of Finance, the tax law and the social insurance funds, with the source linked.
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- Germany Net Salary CalculatorGerman gross-to-net pay for 2026 in English: wage tax by tax class I–VI, Soli, church tax and social insurance, by federal state.
- Germany Employer Cost CalculatorTotal cost of an employee in Germany for 2026: employer pension, unemployment, health and care contributions plus the U1, U2 and U3 levies.
- Germany Income Tax CalculatorGerman income tax 2026 on taxable income: § 32a tariff, splitting for married couples, Soli, church tax, effective and marginal rates.
- Germany Minijob CalculatorGerman Minijob 2026: €603 monthly limit, employer flat rates (13% health, 15% pension, 2% flat tax, levies) and the employee's net pay.
- Germany VAT CalculatorAdd or remove German VAT (MwSt) at 19% or 7%, netto to brutto and back, with both rates side by side.
Understand the numbers
- German VAT rates 2026: 19% or 7%, and how to add or remove MehrwertsteuerGerman VAT in 2026 explained in English: the standard and reduced rates, what each covers, and how to add VAT to a net price or remove it from a gross one.
- Minijob and Midijob in Germany 2026: the €603 limit, costs and contributionsHow Minijobs and Midijobs work in Germany in 2026: the earnings limit, employer flat rates, the pension top-up and opting out, and Midijob contributions.
- German income tax rates 2026: the § 32a tariff, basic allowance and splittingHow German income tax works in 2026: the basic allowance, tariff zones, marginal and average rates, splitting for couples, the Soli and child benefit.
- German tax classes explained (2026): Steuerklasse I to VI and how couples chooseWhich German tax class (Steuerklasse) applies to you, how married couples choose between III/V and IV/IV, and why the annual assessment evens it all out.
- €60,000 after tax in Germany (2026): net salary from €40,000 to €120,000What common salaries in Germany leave after tax and social insurance in 2026, per year and per month, by tax class, with and without church tax.
- Germany net salary guide 2026: how gross pay becomes net pay (Brutto to Netto)How a German payslip turns gross pay into net pay in 2026: wage tax, the solidarity surcharge, church tax and the four social insurances, in plain English.