Earned income
Earned income includes, among others, wages or salary, pension income and taxable social benefits, such as unemployment and parental allowances.
Earned income is taxed according to the progressive scale of state taxation. This means that when your taxable income increases, the tax rate increases. For the purpose of municipal tax and church tax, the relevant tax rate is applied to earned income.
Read more about deductions from earned income
Read more about working through an invoicing service company
Earned income — other pages
- Grants
- Income from social media
- Taxes on income from sports
- Instructions for guardians
- Selling goods and services on a digital platform
- Working through a mobile app
- Income from a Pop Up restaurant
- Fringe benefits from employment
- Employee or self-employed?
- Flea market sales
- Taxation of dog breeders
- Santa Claus and taxes
- Competition prizes
- Tax rates on pay, pensions and benefits
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Page last updated 3/2/2018