This is how much of a salary of 2,000, 4,000, 6,000 and 10,000 euros is left in the hand –

The Tax Administration says that last year’s total income taxes totaled 43.8 billion euros. Anu Kivistö

Thursday, November 7 was the annual tax day, i.e. the day when public information on regular taxation is published.

The top spot of Finland’s highest earner is still held by the founder of Wolt Mikko “Miki” Kuusiwhose combined income last year was more than 60 million euros.

In Iltalehti’s tax machine, you can find the tax information of those who earned more than 120,000 euros. Iltalehti’s tax machine contains a new feature that highlights the importance of high-income taxpayers to society.

A person who earns a lot also pays a lot of taxes. Iltalehti found out with the help of the Veronmaksajai Keskusliitto, a lot of different salary categories have a net salary in hand per month. At the end of the article, you can also find statistics on how many taxes are paid per year for different annual incomes.

The article continues after the statistics.

Taxation in a nutshell

Iltalehti’s editor-in-chief Perttu Kauppinen defends the internationally exceptional transparency of Finnish tax information.

– Making tax information public helps people understand what the tax revenue consists of and who in Finland pays most of the income taxes and how the distribution of income in society is developing, says Kauppinen in the Iltalehti article.

In Finland, progressive taxation is used for earned income. This means that as your income increases, so does your tax rate. Capital income is income generated by wealth, on which 30 percent tax is paid up to 30,000 euros. Capital gains of more than 30,000 euros are taxed at 34 percent.