>Walter, if you don't mind me asking - approximately what % of your income do you pay in taxes? (not asking what you make, just roughly what is your general effective tax rate).

Kevin, I would not have a clue. My wife is working at a accountancy firm and she doing all the bookkeeping.
The reasons I do not know is because I've got a lot of deductions and investments.

If you're netto earnings are above 55.000 euro a year, you'd pay 52% for the part above that amount. Below that it ussually is 42% unless you are earning less than 16.000 euro, then it will be 37%