Year of calculation: Enter the year for which you want to calculate your net income.

Period of time: Specify the period of time you would like to calculate your net income: Monthly salary or yearly salary.

Gross Income: Enter your gross income.

Yearly tax free allowance: You can find the Yearly tax free allowance on your income tax card.

Wage tax class: Enter your wage tax class from the income tax card.

Federal state: Choose your federal state.

Church taxpayer: The affiliation to a religious community is indicated in the income tax card under "church tax deduction". The church tax is 9% of the wage tax (exceptions: Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg 8%).

Health insurance: An insurance obligation for compulsory health insurance exists for persons with an year gross salary of up to 57,600 €. In 2017.

Rate of contribution: As of 1 January 2016, the general contribution is 14.6%.

The reduced contribution applies to persons claiming early retirement, retirement pension or civil servant's pension and is 14.0%.

Supplementary contribution: Please enter the supplementary contribution of your health insurance in%, if your health insurance company has levied it.

Pension insurance: Employees are legally obliged to provide financial old-age insurance. For the pension insurance, a contribution limit in 2017 is 6.350 EUR (West), 5.700 EUR (East). Self-employed, civil servants and judges can voluntarily insure themselves.

Older than 23: Childless employees pay an increased contribution in nursing care insurance (1.525% instead of 1.275%). Employees up to 23 years of age are exempted from the increased contribution.

Children free tax allowance: The amount of children free tax allowances can be found on the income tax card.

Children: Childless employees must pay a higher care insurance contribution of 0.25%. The contribution is 1.525% and is payable by the employees. The employer's share is 1.275%.

Have you worked in private households: Please choose 'yes' if you have worked in private households. Otherwise select 'no'.