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Income tax calculator Luzern

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary CHF 16'800
Church tax - CHF 2
Municipal tax - CHF 9
Cantonal tax - CHF 8
Personal Tax - CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, disability insurance, compensation for loss of earnings - CHF 890
Non-occupational Accident Insurance - CHF 67
Unemployment insurance - CHF 185
Total tax - CHF 1'212
Net pay * CHF 15'588
Marginal tax rate 8.6%
Average tax rate 7.2%
7.2%Total tax
92.8%
Net pay
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CHF 15'588
Net pay
CHF 2'559
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'212
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
CHF 3,771
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'559 to pay you CHF 16'800. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.24 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.2% tax rate now rises to 19.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make CHF 16'800 a year living in the region of Luzern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'212. That means that your net pay will be CHF 15'588 per year, or CHF 1'299 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.2% and your marginal tax rate is 8.6%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of CHF 100 in your salary will be taxed CHF 8.6, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 91.4.

Bonus Example

A CHF 1,000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 914 of net incomes. A CHF 5,000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4,570 of net incomes.

NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Luzern tables of CH, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.