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Money, Banking and Taxes
Your gross salary is not your income. Tax class, social contributions and deductions shape what actually arrives, and a tax return often brings part of it back.
Money, Banking and Taxes
How to open a German bank account
Which account type fits your situation, what identification is required and how to avoid the classic chicken-and-egg problem.
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Money, Banking and Taxes
Gross, net and your payslip explained
Why the number in your contract is not the number in your account, and how tax classes change it.
7 min readIntermediateEN · DERead the guide