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Income tax calculator Luzern

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Withholding
Salary CHF 19'500
Church tax - CHF 8
Municipal tax - CHF 42
Cantonal tax - CHF 39
Personal Tax - CHF 50
Contributions to OASI, disability insurance, compensation for loss of earnings - CHF 1'034
Non-occupational Accident Insurance - CHF 78
Unemployment insurance - CHF 215
Total tax - CHF 1'464
Net pay * CHF 18'036
Marginal tax rate 10.2%
Average tax rate 7.5%
7.5%Total tax
92.5%
Net pay
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CHF 18'036
Net pay
CHF 2'971
Tax the employer pays
CHF 1'464
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
CHF 4,435
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer CHF 2'971 to pay you CHF 19'500. In other words, every time you spend CHF 10 of your hard-earned money, CHF 2.27 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 7.5% tax rate now rises to 19.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make CHF 19'500 a year living in the region of Luzern, Switzerland, you will be taxed CHF 1'464. That means that your net pay will be CHF 18'036 per year, or CHF 1'503 per month. Your average tax rate is 7.5% and your marginal tax rate is 10.2%. 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 10.2, hence, your net pay will only increase by CHF 89.8.

Bonus Example

A CHF 1,000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 898 of net incomes. A CHF 5,000 bonus will generate an extra CHF 4,490 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.