📘Tax and salary guides for Europe5 free guides
The calculators answer how much. These guides answer why — what the deductions on a European payslip are, how they differ from one country to the next, and what to do about the situations the calculator cannot model on its own. Every table in them is computed from the same tax data that drives the calculators, so they cannot fall out of step with it.
All of them are free, with no sign-up.
- Fundamentals·9 min read
Gross to net salary in Europe: what actually reaches your account
The deduction stack explained, plus what the same salary keeps in each of the 18 countries.
Read the guide - Comparison·8 min read
Social security contributions in Europe, employee and employer
Employee and employer rates side by side, and why the invisible half changes what you can negotiate.
Read the guide - Comparison·7 min read
Minimum wage in Europe 2026: gross, net, and the countries without one
Every statutory minimum, run through the tax engine to show what it is actually worth after deductions.
Read the guide - Moving·11 min read
Moving country for work: the tax checklist
Residency, the split year, double taxation, and what to do in the months either side of a move.
Read the guide - Self-employment·10 min read
Special tax regimes in Europe for inbound workers and the self-employed
Beckham Law, the 30% ruling, IFICI and the rest: who qualifies, for how long, and what they are worth.
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In preparation
Deeper, country-specific walkthroughs we are working on. They are listed here so you know what is coming — there is nothing to buy yet, and nothing is gated behind an email address.
Beckham Law application walkthrough
In preparationThe Modelo 149 application end to end: eligibility tests, the six-month deadline, the documents the Agencia Tributaria asks for, and the rejections that are most common.
Open the Spain salary calculatorThe German tax return for employees
In preparationTax classes and when to change them, what is genuinely deductible as Werbungskosten, and how the annual Lohnsteuerjahresausgleich settles what payroll got wrong.
Open the Germany salary calculatorFreelancing across European borders
In preparationChoosing where to register, VAT and the reverse charge, invoicing clients in other member states, and the social contribution traps for cross-border solo operators.
Country-by-country figures
For the rates, brackets and thresholds of a single country, the calculator pages carry the detail and are kept current — each one shows the date its figures were last verified against the national tax authority.