The increase is unrelated to the automatic wage indexation, which also falls on January 1 for a number of employees in the private sector and will therefore increase net wages even more.
The adjustment of the tax scales in the withholding tax – the part of wages that is deducted monthly by the tax authorities – is also linked to inflation. “Due to the very high inflation, we also have a higher indexation of tax rates, so that a larger part of your salary ends up in a lower tax bracket, resulting in a higher net salary,” the HR company explains.
Although there are still differences per family situation. SD Worx made calculations for gross monthly wages of 2,000 euros, 2,750 euros, 3,750 euros and 4,500 euros, and arrived at at least 50 euros more per month and a maximum of 70 euros more.
Two years ago, the adjustment of the tax scales earned a Belgian employee an average of 5 euros per month or 60 euros per year, last year about 240 euros per year.
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