Forum Frankfurt

[ANA2006]

Hi, I am considering a job offer in Frankfurt

Would you please help me whith some information?

1) rent an apartment 2 to 3 bedrooms in Frankfurt or Rüsselsheim, (would you please send me some information and caracteristics of Rüsselsheim area?)

2) schools (it´s posible to find bilingual schools in the area?)

3) car and gas (aproximately cost - how much does it cost a full tank?)

4) average expenses of electricity, gas, water, pulic services (garbage collecting, etc) for 2 to 4 people

5) supermarket bill/week for 2 to 4 people

6) how much does it cost a person for clean up the house? (per hour, week, month?)

7) how much does it cost a baby sitter?

average cost of regular week-end activitys

9) How much is the tax charge on a salary? Do anyone have a scale?
How much need a normal family of 4 people to live a month?

I would a`reciate any other information you may send me in orther to evaluate the convinience por not of this offer.

Thank you very much.
Ana
labs63@hotmail.com

[EasyExpat]

A lot of questions... but you will find probably a lot of answers already on the page Frankfurt.

[ANA2006]

Not as much as it would be necessary.

For example, how much (percentagge) is the average of tax they take from your salary?

[EasyExpat]

Not as much as it would be necessary.

For example, how much (percentagge) is the average of tax they take from your salary?

There is no fix percentage, it always depend on your wage. The higher the more they take in percentage.

[yle_terrible]

Regarding the tax thing, with the link below you can calculate the amount of taxes you will have to pay.
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,223811,00.html
It's in German though..
Hope that helps

[erick_p]

Hello,

I have the same issue. yle_terrible, thanks for the link, but it's only in German. Do you know where I can calculate my tax somewhere in English? I am speaking of around 115,000 Euros per annum in salary -- what's the tax on that? Also, will I need to speak German to be in Frankfurt or is it ok to get by with English?

[EasyExpat]

Also, will I need to speak German to be in Frankfurt or is it ok to get by with English?

It's always easier to speak the country language, but you will be fine in Frankfurt, it's full of expats!

[yle_terrible]

OK, a bit of translation then
*Brutto-Arbeitslohn : gross salary (monat = monthly, jahr = yearly, check the button)
*freibetrag : free allowance - to be checked with your company
*Steuerklasse: tax class - depends on your marital status - I is for single with no children I don't know about the other classes
*Kirchensteuerpflichtig: religion tax - that's your personal choice (ja is yes, nein is no)
* bundensland : county - for regional taxes - frankfurt is in Hessen
*Krankenkasse : health insurance - gezetl is public insurance , privat is private - check with your company
Rentenversicherungspflicht : pension tax - answer should be yes
Kinderfreibeträge und Kinder : depends on how many children you have - you get an allowance per child

Regarding the language : no you don't 'need' to speak german in Frankfurt, I know plenty of people who can hardly say hello in german..in shops, restaurants, trains, movies, etc, everyone speaks english.
But of course it's a completely different experience if you can speak the local language.

Hope that helps!