Does this math reflect the current tax system in Belgium? How true is this?

8 comments

1. yes, but we usually don’t have 12 months but 13.something

   so monthly will be lower and at one point during the year you’ll get “extra money”

2. Seems quite correct. The 2500 might not be, depending if you are a blue collar or white collar worker. White collar workers often get a 13th month and double vacation money. Which would mean that the yearly has to be divided bij 13,92 to get to your monthly.
   Have to warn you: You are in the lower category wages; which means you get the jobbonus. Something to incentivize people to work instead of collecting unemployment. That means you are taxed less and get some extra net money. But the moment you get past a certain point, you loose that extra net. And that pay increase you get that moment will be quite dissapointing net.

3. I like to use this one. Gives a good breakdown of all salary related costs https://be.talent.com/tax-calculator

4. Try to understand how our tax-system works first, [https://www.expatica.com/be/finance/taxes/taxes-in-belgium-100073/#income-tax](https://www.expatica.com/be/finance/taxes/taxes-in-belgium-100073/#income-tax) is a good link.

   We have a monthly salary that gets paid 13.92 times. (12 months, end-of-year bonus & holiday-bonus.) At least all people I know have this system.

5. Depends your family situation, gross/nett for single is not same if married or have childrens at charge.

6. Eh, sure, if you ignore VAT and all those other things

7. It will also depend from your situation, but for me I had this gross few years ago, and my net was the same

8. I’ll never understand why people take the 13th salary into account by splitting it by 12 and adding it to the monthly net income.
   It’s an additional sum of money you receive at the end of the year, it doesn’t count for your monthly income.