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Minijob assumes employee pension participation and employer-paid flat tax; the €175 monthly minimum pension base applies, and midijob relief applies. Minijob health coverage is outside payroll. 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Uses the complete 2025 income and social contribution schedules.", "Includes basic and Agirc-Arrco pensions, CEG, CET, APEC, CSG and CRDS. Employer-specific mutuelle and prévoyance premiums and their taxable employer benefits are not modeled; these can change the result." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Service Public: income tax scale", "url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1419?lang=fr" }, { "title": "Service Public: employee contributions", "url": "https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2302" }, { "title": "Tax authority: work deduction", "url": "https://www.impots.gouv.fr/particulier/questions/comment-puis-je-beneficier-de-la-deduction-forfaitaire-de-10" }, { "title": "Agirc-Arrco: contribution rates", "url": "https://www.agirc-arrco.fr/entreprises/embaucher-et-gerer-des-salaries/calculer-et-declarer/" } ] }, { "id": "NL", "name": "Netherlands", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Under AOW age; full-year entitlement to general and employment credits. National insurance is shown separately, after its share of credits.", "No 30% ruling. No occupational pension deduction assumed; sector-specific pension participation can be compulsory. Personal health insurance premiums are paid outside payroll and are not deducted here." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Belastingdienst: rates", "url": "https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/nl/voorlopige-aanslag/content/voorlopige-aanslag-tarieven-en-heffingskortingen" }, { "title": "Belastingdienst: credits and tax/premium split", "url": "https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/fisin/fisin2026/heffingskortingen" } ] }, { "id": "ES", "name": "Spain", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Ordinary resident, permanent employee contract; national and Madrid scales and personal minima. Includes €2,000 employment expenses, low-income work relief and the 2026 employment credit.", "Social security, MEI and the additional solidarity contribution included. No Beckham law, dependants, union dues or special deductions." ], "sources": [ { "title": "BOE: income tax law", "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-20764" }, { "title": "Madrid: regional rates and minimum", "url": "https://www.comunidad.madrid/atencion-contribuyente/irpf" }, { "title": "Social Security: contribution rates", "url": "https://www.seg-social.es/wps/portal/wss/internet/Trabajadores/CotizacionRecaudacionTrabajadores/36537/36561" }, { "title": "BOE: 2026 employment credit", "url": "https://www.boe.es/eli/es/rdl/2026/02/17/5/dof/spa/pdf" } ] }, { "id": "PT", "name": "Portugal", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Ordinary mainland resident; 11% employee social security, employment deduction, minimum-existence relief and solidarity tax.", "No NHR, IFICI or youth scheme. No receipt-based household, health or rent credits. Annual total includes holiday/Christmas salary payments; monthly display is annual net divided by 12." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tax authority: 2026 brackets", "url": "https://info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/informacao_fiscal/codigos_tributarios/cirs_rep/Pages/irs68.aspx" }, { "title": "Employment deduction", "url": "https://info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/informacao_fiscal/codigos_tributarios/cirs_rep/Pages/irs25.aspx" }, { "title": "Minimum-existence relief", "url": "https://info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/informacao_fiscal/codigos_tributarios/cirs_rep/Pages/irs70.aspx" }, { "title": "Solidarity tax", "url": "https://info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/informacao_fiscal/codigos_tributarios/cirs_rep/Pages/irs68A.aspx" } ] }, { "id": "SG", "name": "Singapore", "taxPeriod": "2026 income · YA 2027", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Foreign employee who is neither a citizen nor a permanent resident. No employee CPF; resident income tax rates and S$1,000 earned-income relief.", "No temporary tax rebates assumed for YA 2027. Employer foreign-worker levies are not employee deductions." ], "sources": [ { "title": "IRAS: resident tax rates", "url": "https://www.iras.gov.sg/taxes/individual-income-tax/basics-of-individual-income-tax/tax-residency-and-tax-rates/individual-income-tax-rates" }, { "title": "IRAS: earned-income relief", "url": "https://www.iras.gov.sg/taxes/individual-income-tax/basics-of-individual-income-tax/tax-reliefs-rebates-and-deductions/tax-reliefs/earned-income-relief" }, { "title": "CPF: foreign employees", "url": "https://www.cpf.gov.sg/employer/employer-obligations/who-should-receive-cpf-contributions" } ] }, { "id": "TH", "name": "Thailand", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Locally employed resident, Section 33 social security, 12 equal salary payments. Standard employment expense deduction of 50%, capped at ฿100,000, plus ฿60,000 personal allowance.", "2026 social security monthly wage base: minimum ฿1,650, maximum ฿17,500. No spouse, insurance, investment or shopping deductions; no foreign-source income." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Revenue Department: returns and instructions", "url": "https://www.rd.go.th/english/68443.html" }, { "title": "Thai government: 2026 social security wage bases", "url": "https://www.thaigov.go.th/uploads/document/74/2025/12/pdf/20251203161231_8203.pdf" } ] }, { "id": "AE", "name": "United Arab Emirates", "taxPeriod": "2026 rules", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Foreign, non-GCC private-sector employee: no personal income tax or employee pension contribution.", "Mandatory ILOE insurance modeled at AED 5 or 10 monthly plus VAT, assuming all salary is basic salary. Employer-funded health insurance and end-of-service benefits are outside the calculation." ], "sources": [ { "title": "UAE government: taxation", "url": "https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/finance-and-investment/taxation" }, { "title": "UAE government: unemployment insurance", "url": "https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/jobs/unemployment-insurance-scheme" } ] }, { "id": "BG", "name": "Bulgaria", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Category III employee, born after 1959. Income tax 10% after employee social and health contributions.", "Employee contributions 13.78%; monthly cap €2,111.64 for January–July and €2,300 for August–December 2026. Assumes 12 equal payments and actual pay as the insurable base; occupational minimum bases can affect very low pay. Bulgaria uses EUR in this snapshot." ], "sources": [ { "title": "NRA: employment income tax", "url": "https://nra.bg/wps/portal/nra-en/taxes.en/annual.income.tax.en/advance.income.tax.en" }, { "title": "NSSI: 2026 employee contribution ceilings", "url": "https://www.nssi.bg/fizicheski-lica/osiguriavane/osiguriavane-rabotnici-slujiteli/" }, { "title": "NSSI: contribution schedules", "url": "https://www.nssi.bg/publikacii/informacionni-materiali/za-osiguryavaneto/" } ] }, { "id": "EE", "name": "Estonia", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Full €8,400 annual basic exemption, 22% income tax and 1.6% employee unemployment insurance.", "Assumes second-pillar participation at the default 2% rate. A 35-year-old resident born after 1982 is normally enrolled; opting out or electing 4%/6% changes the result. Employer social tax excluded." ], "sources": [ { "title": "EMTA: 2026 rates and allowances", "url": "https://www.emta.ee/en/business-client/taxes-and-payment/income-and-social-taxes/tax-rates" } ] }, { "id": "PL", "name": "Poland", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Employment contract, one workplace in the same town. Standard PLN 3,000 employment expenses and PLN 3,600 tax-reducing credit.", "Capped pension/disability, uncapped sickness, 9% health contribution and solidarity tax above PLN 1 million included. No voluntary PPK or under-26 exemption." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Tax authority: employment income", "url": "https://www.podatki.gov.pl/podatki-osobiste/pit/informacje-podstawowe/co-jest-opodatkowane/dochody-z-pracy" }, { "title": "Tax authority: rates", "url": "https://www.podatki.gov.pl/podatki-osobiste/pit/stawki-i-limity" }, { "title": "ZUS: contribution rates and bases", "url": "https://www.zus.pl/baza-wiedzy/skladki-wskazniki-odsetki/skladki" }, { "title": "Government: 2026 pension/disability cap", "url": "https://biznes.gov.pl/pl/portal/00274" } ] }, { "id": "IT", "name": "Italy", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Private-sector employee in the 9.19% INPS category, first insured after 1995. Includes contribution cap, additional 1%, employment credits and the income-based additional deduction.", "National IRPEF, Lombardy and Milan tax. No impatriate regime, voluntary pension or cash wage bonus. Sector-specific contribution rates may be higher." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Italian Parliament: IRPEF and employment credits", "url": "https://temi.camera.it/leg19/temi/19_tl18_irpef" }, { "title": "INPS: 2026 limits", "url": "https://www.inps.it/it/it/inps-comunica/notizie/dettaglio-news-page.news.2026.02.lavoratori-dipendenti-limite-minimo-di-retribuzione-giornaliera-2026.html" }, { "title": "Milan: municipal income tax", "url": "https://www.comune.milano.it/argomenti/tributi/addizionale-comunale-irpef" }, { "title": "Lombardy: regional rates", "url": "https://gedasi.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it/dasi/public/dfc821b4-24e3-4629-967d-6f488557d7cb" } ] }, { "id": "CH", "name": "Switzerland", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Ordinary assessment in Zurich city (for example, a settled C-permit holder), no church or wealth tax. Canton multiplier 95%, city 119%; standard work and insurance deductions, no commuting/meal deductions.", "AHV/IV/EO, unemployment and the minimum age-35 occupational savings contribution, split equally with employer. Assumes 1% employee accident insurance; employer pays pension risk/admin charges. Actual pension and accident plans vary.", "Private health insurance premiums are not subtracted from take-home pay; assumes premiums qualify for the capped tax deduction. Withholding-only foreign residents can have a different outcome." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Zurich: tax law and assessment forms", "url": "https://www.zh.ch/de/steuern-finanzen/steuern/steuern-natuerliche-personen/steuererklaerung-natuerliche-personen.html" }, { "title": "ESTV: 2026 federal tax tables", "url": "https://www.estv.admin.ch/dam/de/sd-web/gnde9CmEsalK/dbst-tairfe-58c-2026-dfi.pdf" }, { "title": "Zurich city: 2026 multipliers", "url": "https://www.wirtschaftsfoerderung.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/lebenslagen/steuern/natuerliche-personen/steuerberechnung.html" }, { "title": "Social insurance: occupational benefits", "url": "https://www.bsv.admin.ch/en/old-age-provision-occupational-benefits-plan" } ] }, { "id": "NO", "name": "Norway", "taxPeriod": "2026 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Ordinary resident taxation, not the foreign-worker PAYE scheme. Personal allowance, minimum employment deduction, bracket tax and employee National Insurance included.", "No union, travel or interest deductions; employer pension contributions excluded." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Skatteetaten: complete 2026 rates", "url": "https://www.skatteetaten.no/rettskilder/type/uttalelser/uttalelser/forskuddsutskrivingen-2026/" } ] }, { "id": "JP", "name": "Japan", "taxPeriod": "2026 national tax · 2026 resident tax on 2025 income", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Tokyo employee, 12 equal payments, no bonus. National tax includes the enacted 2026 year-end deductions and reconstruction surtax; health and employment rate changes are weighted by their effective months.", "Resident tax uses the same gross salary in the preceding year, 2025 deductions, and Tokyo’s 10% rate and per-capita/forest levies. No first-year resident-tax holiday.", "Kyokai Kenpo remuneration bands, employees’ pension, employment insurance and the new child/family support contribution included. No long-term care premium at age 35. Very low pay may not qualify for this employee insurance profile." ], "sources": [ { "title": "NTA: salary-income deductions", "url": "https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/taxanswer/shotoku/1410.htm" }, { "title": "NTA: 2026 year-end deduction transitions", "url": "https://www.nta.go.jp/users/gensen/2026kiso/pdf/0026005-024.pdf" }, { "title": "NTA: basic deductions", "url": "https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/taxanswer/shotoku/1199.htm" }, { "title": "NTA: income tax rates", "url": "https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/taxanswer/shotoku/2260.htm" }, { "title": "Tokyo: insurance remuneration bands", "url": "https://www.kyoukaikenpo.or.jp/~/media/Files/shared/hokenryouritu/r8/ippan/R8_13tokyo.pdf" }, { "title": "MHLW: employment insurance", "url": "https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_71570.html" }, { "title": "Shinjuku: resident tax", "url": "https://www.city.shinjuku.lg.jp/hoken/file04_03_00001.html" } ] }, { "id": "NZ", "name": "New Zealand", "taxPeriod": "1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027", "verified": "2026-10-01", "assumptions": [ "Resident income tax, independent earner tax credit and capped ACC earners’ levy. Assumes no benefit or other income that disqualifies the earner credit.", "Temporary foreign worker, not eligible for KiwiSaver; no student loan. Employer contributions are outside gross salary." ], "sources": [ { "title": "IRD: income tax rates", "url": "https://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax/income-tax-for-individuals/tax-codes-and-tax-rates-for-individuals/about-tax-codes" }, { "title": "IRD: independent earner credit", "url": "https://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax/income-tax-for-individuals/individual-tax-credits/independent-earner-tax-credit-ietc" }, { "title": "IRD: ACC earners’ levy", "url": "https://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax/income-tax-for-individuals/acc-clients-and-carers/acc-earners-levy-rates" } ] } ] } }