Free tool
EU tax refund calculator
Answer four short questions about your country, your situation, your income and your deductions, and we will compute an estimate of your annual income tax refund. The calculator covers 10 European countries with their official tax brackets, lump sums, child credits and the most common itemised deductions. The result includes a smart suggestion engine that points out deductions you may have missed and a downloadable PDF report you can take to your accountant.
- 1Country & year›
- 2Personal status›
- 3Income›
- 4Deductions›
- 5Result
Pick your country and year
The calculator currently covers 10 European countries with their official 2026 rates.
Why a multi-country EU tax refund estimator matters
Most online tax-refund tools are built for a single country and a single tax authority. That works fine for a German employee filing a Steuererklärung in Germany, but it falls apart the moment a freelancer working across the Belgium-Luxembourg border, or a French expat living in Spain, wants to compare the rough refund picture across two systems before committing time to the formal return.
WorkDaten's calculator was designed for the European reality of mobile, multi-country professionals. The calculation engine encodes the official income tax brackets, lump sums, child credits and the most common itemised deductions for ten EU markets — Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Poland, Portugal and Romania — and applies them in a four-step wizard that takes about three minutes to complete. The result is an honest, conservative estimate of your annual refund or balance owed, accompanied by a smart suggestion engine that quantifies how much more you could recover by claiming common deductions you have not yet declared.
The whole calculator runs in your browser. No tax data is uploaded to any server, no email is captured, no account is required. The downloadable PDF report is generated locally and is yours to keep, share with your accountant, or attach to your formal return as a sanity check. It is not a substitute for professional tax software when you finally file — and the disclaimer says so prominently — but it removes the last excuse to leave easy refunds on the table.
10 European countries supported
Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Poland, Portugal and Romania at launch — with the official 2026 tax brackets, lump sums and child credits encoded for each.
Quick mode + Detailed mode
Pick Quick to apply the standard lump sum and get a result in three minutes. Switch to Detailed to itemise commute, work expenses, home office, donations, mortgage interest, pension contributions, child care and more.
Smart suggestion engine
After your first calculation, the engine highlights deductions you have not yet declared and quantifies the impact: 'Adding home office could increase your refund by EUR 240'.
Lump sum vs itemised comparison
The result page shows both options side-by-side so you instantly know whether itemising is worth the extra paperwork — most refunds increase, but for low-income employees the lump sum often wins.
Downloadable PDF report
Generate a clean A4 report with your inputs, the breakdown, the disclaimer and a link to the official tax authority for your country. Take it to your accountant or keep it as a sanity check before filing.
Privacy by design
Tax data is sensitive. The calculator runs entirely in your browser — no upload, no logging, no analytics tracker on the form, no third-party calls. Closing the tab discards everything.
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