Why don't construction prices go down?

It's about additional revenue for the state. Why would it abolish the tax classes if it wouldn't generate additional revenue.

According to the net salary calculator, I pay about 272 euros income tax on 2800 euros gross with tax class 4. Currently, it's only 32 euros with tax class 3.

I will probably have to return to more undeclared work after all. It pays off more anyway.

And what does your wife pay with 5 and 4?

The difference with a gross income of 5000 euros between tax class 3 and 4 amounts to almost 500 euros per month in net salary.

The difference amounts to exactly 0€ per year

It’s about additional revenue for the state. Why should they abolish the tax classes if it wouldn’t generate extra revenue.

Did you get this information from TikTok or YouTube?

According to the net salary calculator, I pay about 272 euros income tax on 2800 euros gross in tax class 4. Currently, with tax class 3 it is only 32 euros.

Then please take the annual gross amounts of a couple and look up in a table how much tax is due on joint assessment. That way you know exactly what you have net each year—independent of the tax classes. Then the result for 4/4 and 3/5 is the same. It’s just different in timing.

I will probably have to go back to more undeclared work. It pays better anyway.

So you are already one of those cheating all of us. Now normal undeclared work, later more. And all that just because you are intellectually unequipped to understand taxes and tax classes.

I am a craftsman and not a tax advisor. For me, only one thing is decisive! How much money do I have net in the account on the 15th of the month.

And that will definitely be less at first.

My wife is a housewife and has no taxable income of her own. I also only have a basic salary of 1800 plus company car.

Of course, I have to pay even more taxes from the little I have.

Of course I have to pay even more taxes on the little I have.

Still haven't understood. You pay exactly the same amount of taxes. To the cent exactly. Have a tax allowance entered. You can always do that – I used to have it too, when there were big refunds annually because of Wg/V+V. Then I had them every month instead of once a year.

I am a craftsman and not a tax advisor. For me, only one thing matters! How much money do I have net in my account on the 15th of the month.

Then don’t just chatter from the regulars' table or TikTok, but educate yourself.
And then come right back to the forum and say: Sorry, I understand now. Nothing actually changes.

You didn’t understand.

Right. The tax burden will not change. Still, I have less net income in my paycheck.

With [the 3] I pay income tax and with the mandatory tax return I may have to pay additional tax.
With [the 4] I pay more in advance and then have to wait for a refund from the tax office with the tax return.

With my net salary, I then advance payment for travel expenses and also tax prepayments to the state.

Why are entrepreneurs just now complaining to me that they have to wait a very long time for due refunds from the tax office?

I have to finance a vehicle for the commute to work for 2 years with fuel, repairs, etc., only to get my commuter allowance back after 2 years of fighting with the tax office.

The problem is something completely different. People just have no motivation anymore. Why do we have a skilled labor shortage and also high construction prices?
Of course, because of the high tax and contribution burden.

I know many craftsmen in employee positions who officially work as little as possible. They need every hour for undeclared work.
And the bosses of the companies complain because people no longer want to do overtime or increasingly call in sick and then work on other construction sites.

Man, that’s the reality! Well, I'm a craftsman. I know what I’m talking about.

Right. The tax burden will not change. Still, I have less net pay in my paycheck.

Have the exemption entered. Nothing changes. You just don’t want to understand, do you?

to then get my commuter allowance back after 2 years of fighting with the tax office.

I seriously wonder how an ordinary private person has to struggle for so long. It never took me more than 6-8 months with various income and expenses, business, and some other tricks like official home office, etc. Of course, communication is key and it works.
By the way, if you work with an exemption, it’s exactly the other way around. You get your net pay immediately, and the tax office has to fight with you if in the end you cannot deduct that much after all.

Don’t make life so difficult for yourself.

The problem is something entirely different. People are just fed up. Why do we have a shortage of skilled workers and also high construction prices?
Of course, because of the high taxes and fees.

That too, but many other things also play a role.

I have to finance a vehicle for the commute to work for 2 years

But only the business use. You get the car as a company car for very little money, as you wrote. So complaining on a high level.

One knows their way around.

No further comment, 5€ for the cliché pig.