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Summarised data

2024 VAT PIT SSC
  Value added tax rates Personal income tax rate(s) Social security contribution payable by the employer
Albania 0% / 20% / 6% Progressive:
0% / 13% / 15% / 23% 
16.70%
Austria 20% / 10% / 13% 0% - 55% 20.98% social insurance + approx. 8.6% other taxes and contributions
Bosnia and Herzegovina 17% 10%* / 8%** 10.5%* / No**
Bulgaria 20% / 9% 10% 18.92%
Croatia 25% / 13% / 5% / 0% 15%–23.60% (lower rate)
25%–35.40% (higher rate)
16.5%*
Czech Republic 21% / 12% 15% / 23%* 24.8%** / 9%*
Estonia 22% / 0% / 5% / 9% 20% 33% / 0,8%
Germany 19% / 7% 14% - 45% 20.225%
Greece 24% / 13% / 6% / 4% Progressive:
9% / 22% / 28% / 36% / 44%
22.29%
Hungary 27% / 18% / 5% 15% 13%
Kazakhstan 12% 10% / 5% / 15% / 20% 10.8%
Kosovo 18% / 8% / 0% Progressive:
0% / 4% / 8% / 10%
5%
Kyrgyzstan 12% 10% 17.25%
Latvia 21% / 12% / 5% or 0% 20% / 23% / 31% 23.59%
Lithuania 21% / 9% / 5% 15% / 20% / 32% 1.77%
Moldova 20% / 12% / 8% 12% 24%
Montenegro 21% / 7% 0%/ 9% / 15% 6.4%
North Macedonia 18% / 10% / 5% 10% No
Poland 23% / 8% /5% /0% 12% / 32% 21.98%
Romania 19% / 9% / 5% 10% 2.25%
Serbia 20% / 10% 10% 15.15%
Slovakia 20% / 10% / 5% 15% / 19% / 25% 36.2%
Slovenia 22% / 9.5% / 5% Progressive: 16% - 50% 16.1%
Ukraine 20% / 14% / 7% / 0% 18%* 22%**
Uzbekistan 12%, 0% 12% 12%**


Bosnia and Herzegovina * In Federation of BIH. ** In Republika Srpska. Croatia * For the person under 30 employed on variable-term contract, there is no contributions on salary (16.5%) for a period of 5 years. Czech Republic * On income exceeding approx. EUR 64,605 yearly in 2024. ** Only on income up to approx. EUR 86,140 in 2024. Ukraine * Additionally 1.5% temporary military tax should be withheld from the same base as PIT. ** Maximum monthly SSC is UAH 23,430 (approx. EUR 564). 

Labour-related tax burdens in the CEE region

The charts below show the wage-related tax and contribution burdens in each country, for two different options: for an individual having no family ties and for someone who has three children. The demonstration of the tax wedge is particularly suitable for comparison, as it shows how the overall level of taxes relative to wage costs differs in the respective tax jurisdiction in the case of average wages.