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Top marginal rate

42 %

2026, from 2026-01-01 · verified 2026-10-03 against the official source · next expected change 2027-01-01

4. … 0,42 • x – 11 135,63
key
de/income-tax/spitzensteuersatz
value
42 %
period
2026
effective
2026-01-01 to date
source
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__32a.html
verified
2026-10-03 — fresh (34 days ago; next check by 2026-12-15)
next expected change
2027-01-01 (annual: a fixed day each year)
source checked
2026-11-02 (the newest day the automated check fetched the source page)
scope
Tarifliche Einkommensteuer on zu versteuerndes Einkommen (zvE), rounded down to full euro. Ehegatten with Zusammenveranlagung: Splitting-Verfahren (§ 32a Abs. 5) — tax is twice the tax on half the joint zvE, which doubles every threshold.
hash
sha256:ab6c792ded2671616cc02be1fff0b4e9fe80f7b58cef8cc2a005a84f03272307
signature
EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/de/income-tax/spitzensteuersatz?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/de/income-tax/spitzensteuersatz

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  "label": "Top marginal rate",
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  "nextExpectedChange": "2027-01-01",
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    "url": "https://databutler.dev/facts/de/income-tax/spitzensteuersatz",
    "text": "databutler.dev, verified 2026-10-03 against https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__32a.html"
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