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percivalI just found an old payslip of mine, and thought I would do some calculations.
Tax: 21.5%
Solidarity tax: 1.2%
Church tax: 1.9% (obligatory for Roman Catholics and Prostestants in Germany; if you don't pay church tax, you're not in the church)
Health insurance: 7.1% (mandatory - everybody who earns a salary has to have health insurance)
Old age care insurance: 0.9% (obligatory)
Pension: 10.5% (obligatory state pension)
Unemployment insurance: 1.2% (obligatory)
Total deductions: roughly 44%
And I wasn't a particularly high earner ... Pension and health care contributions will also have crept up in the mean time; remember that this is from August 2000.
Tax: 21.5%
Solidarity tax: 1.2%
Church tax: 1.9% (obligatory for Roman Catholics and Prostestants in Germany; if you don't pay church tax, you're not in the church)
Health insurance: 7.1% (mandatory - everybody who earns a salary has to have health insurance)
Old age care insurance: 0.9% (obligatory)
Pension: 10.5% (obligatory state pension)
Unemployment insurance: 1.2% (obligatory)
Total deductions: roughly 44%
And I wasn't a particularly high earner ... Pension and health care contributions will also have crept up in the mean time; remember that this is from August 2000.
