Salary Negotiation

vikas.namdeo

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Member since 30 August 2012

Copenhagen

vikas.namdeo

30 August 2012 13:10:00

vikas.namdeo

30 August 2012 13:10:00

Copenhagen

Hi,

I am writing this after googled about the current situation, but would like to hear practical experiences of people who live there.
here it goes:
I am IT professional, & work in Copenhagen, (get all social benefits like child allowance, free healthcare).Yes i pay lot of taxes as well.
I got an offer from Telecom Giant in Bratislava (32000 euro p/a).

Is it a good salary in Bratislava?
How much i can save with family(wife & a daughter)?
I tried to calculate based on Googled data.
19% tax is flat, 600 (apt rent)+200 (utility bills)+400 (grocery).
Is above calculation looks realistic?

Looking forward to hear.Thanks in advance

Best
--Vikas

Christine

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Christine

30 August 2012 14:50:23

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Christine

30 August 2012 14:50:23

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Hi vikas.namdeo,

welcome to Expat.com!

I hope you get responses to your questions very soon.

All the best,
Christine

uztop

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Member since 14 February 2011

uztop

05 April 2013 11:19:46

uztop

05 April 2013 11:19:46

Hi,
from what I know, taxes are not really flat in Slovakia in the sense that there are allowances: the first 3500e are not taxed; you can also get the allowance for your wife if she doesn't work.
Don't forget the social insurance charges as well (about 15% as far as I know).
Your costs seem to be a bit high but I guess it depends on people
I don't live in Slovakia (yet) so my information might not be totally accurate

greggy

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Member since 07 June 2011

Bratislava

greggy

15 April 2013 14:00:43

greggy

15 April 2013 14:00:43

Bratislava

Hi Vikas,

for 600eur you can get a nice flat of between 70 and 100m2 and 200eur utilities seems to be fine for 3 persons. It depends of course where in BA you want to live, but in the "better" part of BA this calculation is fine.
Keep in mind that you can discuss the rental price in SK; I always do that ;-)

Take indeed care of social security; that is not included in the 19%!
If you earn more than 34.400eur/year, you're taxed at 23%:
http://www.deloittetax.at/2013/01/09/sl … nges-2013/

Social security should be 13,4%:
http://www.capitaltaxconsulting.com/int … -security/

I'm also working in IT, but not in Slovakia although I live there. 32000eur/year seems to be a good salary for SK.

Keep in mind that healthcare in SK is much lower than in Denmark, so you might consider an extra insurance which covers your family worldwide so that, if needed, you can go to a hospital in Denmark.

Regards,
Gregory

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