Total tax paid
€ 23,482
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 9,467 to pay you € 42,000. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 5.59 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 45.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.