Tax rate updates
Every change to the calculators, newest first. When a government publishes new rates, we update the calculator, the salary pages, the guides and the widgets together and record it here.
Rates last checked
The date each country's rates and thresholds were last checked against the official sources.
- Ireland
11 October 2026 - Portugal
11 October 2026 - Netherlands
11 October 2026 - Spain
11 October 2026 - Germany
12 October 2026 - Italy
15 October 2026 - France
16 October 2026 - UK
15 October 2026 - Turkey
11 October 2026
Coming up
Announcements we are waiting for, as of 15 October 2026.
| When | Country | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| 28 October 2026 | UK | UK Budget. Any change to 2027/28 rates or thresholds will be added, starting with the Budget 2026 page. |
| November 2026 | Netherlands | Parliament votes on the 2027 Tax Plan; final 2027 figures and 30% ruling norms follow in December. |
| 24 November 2026 | Portugal | Final vote on the 2027 State Budget, and publication of the 2026 rate cut. |
| After 29 November 2026 | Spain | General election. Any 2027 budget or regional rate changes will be added once published. |
| 3 December 2026 | UK | Scottish Budget with the Scottish income tax bands and rates for 2027/28. |
| December 2026 | Germany | Official 2027 payroll formula, 2027 social insurance ceilings and Blue Card salary thresholds. |
| Late December 2026 | France | Loi de finances 2027 with the income tax scale for 2026 income (the bill proposes +2.1%) and the 2027 social security ceiling. |
| By 31 December 2026 | Italy | Italy's 2027 Budget law. Any change to IRPEF, the tax-wedge measures or the flat-rate regime will be added. |
| Late December 2026 | Turkey | 2027 income tax tariff and minimum wage. |
| January 2027 | Italy | INPS contribution limits for 2027 and the new income tax code, in force from 1 January 2027. |
Changelog
Last change: 16 October 2026.
Interactive take-home pay map
A map of the countries we cover, shaded by how much of a salary you keep, with a salary slider, expat regimes and a ranked list, on the home page, the comparison page and the Europe report.
Micro-entrepreneur calculator for France
Contributions at the 2026 rates (12.3%, 21.2%, 25.6% and 23.2%), the training contribution and chamber taxes, income tax on the scale or the versement libératoire, ACRE before and after 1 July 2026, and the turnover and VAT limits.
Freelancer (Freiberufler) calculator for Germany
Income tax on the 2026 tariff, the solidarity surcharge, statutory health and care insurance paid in full on profit with the minimum and ceiling, optional pension insurance and church tax, compared with an employee.
Moving to France tax guide and French payslip explained
Social contributions and CSG, income tax by household, the default withholding rate for new arrivals, the impatriés regime and your first return, and every line of a fiche de paie.
France calculator for 2026
Every employee social contribution, CSG and CRDS for 2026, income tax on the scale in force with family parts, the décote and the family quotient cap, the default withholding rate for new arrivals and the impatriés regime, with salary pages, net to gross and comparisons.
Take-home pay in Europe 2026 report
Rankings, charts and downloadable data on what a single employee keeps of €30,000 to €150,000 in each euro country, with expat regimes and marginal rates.
Married couples with two incomes, and people aged 65 or over
A married couple calculator with joint assessment, the higher standard rate band for a second income and the Home Carer credit, checked against Revenue example 4. The main calculator now covers the Age Tax Credit, the exemption limits with marginal relief, reduced USC from 70 and Class J PRSI.
UK Budget 2026 page
What is already set for 2027/28 ahead of the Budget on 28 October, and how frozen thresholds raise the tax on a growing salary. It will be updated with the announcements on the day.
Pay rise and bonus calculator
How much of a raise or bonus you keep in eight countries, what you keep of each extra 1,000 at other salaries, the highest marginal rate in each country and the few thresholds where a raise lowers take-home pay.
Italy freelancer calculator (regime forfettario)
The 15% and 5% flat tax on the ATECO share of revenue, INPS Gestione Separata at 26.07% or the 2026 artigiani and commercianti contributions with the 35% reduction, compared with an employee on the same gross.
Moving to Italy tax guide and Italian payslip explained
How IRPEF, INPS and the regional and municipal surcharges work for people moving to Italy, the 13th month and TFR, tax residence and the impatriati regime, and every line of a busta paga.
UK self-employed calculator for 2026/27
Sole trader take-home pay with Income Tax, Class 4 National Insurance at 6% and 2%, voluntary Class 2 at £3.65 a week below the £7,105 Small Profits Threshold, the £1,000 trading allowance, student loans through Self Assessment and payments on account.
UK payslip explained
Tax codes including the 2026/27 emergency codes, National Insurance category letters, the monthly thresholds, student loan and pension lines, and the P45, P60 and P11D.
Italy calculator for 2026
IRPEF with the 2026 cut of the middle rate to 33%, the employee deduction and the tax-wedge measures, INPS, regional and city surcharges for seven regions and five cities, and the impatriati regime, with salary pages, net to gross and comparisons.
Payslip guides
How to read a German Gehaltsabrechnung, a Dutch loonstrook, a Spanish nómina and a Portuguese recibo de vencimento, line by line, with worked examples from our calculators.
Freelancer calculator for Portugal
Recibos verdes under the simplified regime: the 75% and 35% coefficients with the start-of-activity cuts, the 15% expense test, 21.4% social security on 70% of income and IRS on the 2026 scale, compared with an employee.
Autónomo calculator for Spain
Social security from the 2026 income brackets, IRPF with the 5% hard-to-justify expenses and the new-activity reduction, for every region, compared with an employee.
Minimum wage and average salary after tax
Minimum wage pages for every country with the 2026 rates and announced 2027 increases (Ireland €14.94, Germany €14.60, Portugal €970), and average and median salary pages from the official statistics offices, all with take-home pay.
Visa salary thresholds after tax
Highly skilled migrant amounts in the Netherlands, Ireland's employment permit minimums from 1 March 2026, and the digital nomad visas of Portugal and Spain, each with the take-home pay they leave.
UK contractor calculator for 2026/27
Umbrella company against your own limited company: the new dividend rates (10.75% and 35.75% from April 2026), Corporation Tax marginal relief, employer National Insurance, the Apprenticeship Levy and workplace pension, with take-home pay for common day rates.
Salary equivalent calculator
Enter what you earn now and see the gross salary that leaves you the same take-home pay in Ireland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain or Germany, with or without expat regimes.
Net to gross in every calculator
Every calculator can now work backwards from the take-home pay you want to the gross salary you need, with a net to gross page for each country and a comparison across the euro countries.
United Kingdom calculator for 2026/27
Income tax for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the six Scottish bands, National Insurance, student loans (Plans 1, 2, 4, 5 and Postgraduate) and three pension methods. Checked against the Scottish Government income tax factsheet and GOV.UK student loan examples.
Germany calculator for 2026
Wage tax from the Finance Ministry's official 2026 payroll formula, reproducing all 516 results in its official test tables, with the solidarity surcharge, church tax and the 2026 social insurance rates and ceilings.
30% ruling in 2027
The 27% rate that applies from 2027 to rulings that started in 2024 or later, with the provisional 2027 salary norms. The norms will be confirmed when the Belastingdienst publishes them in December.
Emergency tax calculator
Emergency tax for weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly, twice-monthly and monthly pay, with the cut-off points from Revenue's emergency rates.
Turkey calculator for 2026
The 2026 income tax tariff, SGK rates and ceiling, and the minimum wage exemption as it rises during the year, month by month, for gross to net and net to gross.
Spain calculator for 2026
The state scale and the scales and personal minimums of all 15 common-regime regions from the Finance Ministry's 2026 regional tax measures, Ceuta and Melilla, 2026 social security contributions and the Beckham Law.
Netherlands calculator for 2026 and 2027
2026 rates and tax credits from the Belastingdienst and 2027 from the government's 2027 Tax Plan as sent to parliament, with the 30% ruling and ZZP freelancers.
Portugal calculator for 2026 and 2027
The 2026 IRS tables in force, the 2026 rate cut approved by parliament on 9 October 2026 (awaiting publication) and the 2027 State Budget proposal, with IRS Jovem, IFICI and Regressar.
My Future Fund auto-enrolment
Pension auto-enrolment contributions from 2026, including the €80,000 earnings cap, checked against the Department of Social Protection examples.
Ireland calculator for 2026 and Budget 2027
2026 income tax, USC and PRSI, including the PRSI rise on 1 October 2026, and the Budget 2027 changes announced on 6 October 2026, checked against the Department of Finance worked examples.
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