Pay & Tax

Lohnsteuer

wage tax

What it means

The income tax withheld directly from an employee's salary each month by the employer and paid to the tax office on their behalf.

In practice

Your Lohnsteuer is recalculated automatically if you switch Steuerklasse partway through the year.

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