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I just started working at a local company, my salary was negotiated as €105k but in the contract is split into €92k remuneration and €13k "special yearly payment". (This is per year.)

I'm 40+, married, no children, working in Hesse. Insured with TKK, no church tax. I guess our default tax class is IV/IV and I did not receive my IdNr letter yet.

Anyways. I got my first payment and it was much less than I expected. If I go to https://www.brutto-netto-rechner.info/ and input my data based on 92k, I should get €4,524 in tax class IV. If I input based on 105k (why would it be though?) and subtract the difference (105/12-92/12) I should get €3,996. I got €3,842 and I cannot make sense of this number.

My HR said they get the numbers directly from the tax authority and they don't know how it is calculated.

UPDATE: it is indeed seems to be class 6, so seems to be 92k basis and brutto-netto-rechner is spot on with €3,842.

by Capable_Poetry_2239

7 comments

  1. The picture shows that you are in Steuerklasse 6, not 4.

  2. Well, it says right there on the payslip that your tax class is 6, meaning you’re over-paying. This is because your number isn’t still there, if I’m not mistaken.

  3. Edited because of wrong content:

    Check on your loan slip if your tax class is really 4, ~~i think its 1~~ it could be 6, the tax class 6 is used when your company don´t know your tax class You need to fill out a form to change it to 4 from the tax office, or just do the yearly “Lohnsteuerjahresausglich”. You can get overpaidback with the tax return, don´t expect to let your tax class be changed if you are married/ you get married. In Germany you fill out a form for tax change, german officers need forms for anything.

    Somehow missed picture it is tax class 6 .

  4. It says you’re in tax class 6. You need to get that fixed.

  5. All I know is that I am steuerkl 1, with ~20% less than your gross income, and I earn slightly more than your net income. Weird stuff 🤔

  6. Your estimated yearly income will be 105k (92k in monthly payments + 13k in additional payments during the year). So your prepayment for the tax will be calculated based on 105k income.

    The tax class will only influence which tax exemptions are assumed for your final tax when you make your tax declaration after the year. In class 6 no exemptions are assumed. You get class 6 for a second job or if some data is missing. That can be fixed and what you overpaid you can get back after your tax declaration.

  7. Login into your Elster account and change your tax class. Next month payroll should pull this data automatically and you will get an extra payment for this month where it was the wrong tax bracket.

    If they are not automatically pulling this from Elster get in touch with your payroll department and let them know about the correct tax class.

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