Taxes [employee]: 81,915 EUR [40.96% of 200K EUR]
Taxes [employer]: 15,596 EUR [45.13% of 215K EUR]
** the page you source is wrong for salaries over 55K EUR, see explanation at the bottom (3)
France (4): Taxes [employee]: 87,866 EUR [43.94% of 200K EUR]
Taxes [employer]: 24,119 EUR [49.97% of 224K EUR]
Germany (5): Taxes [employee]: 86,439.33 EUR [43.22% of 200K EUR]
Taxes [employer]: 15,078 EUR [47.20% of 215K EUR]
UK (6) [200K EUR = 172K GBP]: Taxes [employee]: 70,185 GBP [40.90% of 172K GBP]
Taxes [employer]: 22,425 GBP [47.73% of 194K GBP]
(1) https://goselfemployed.co/is-there-vat-on-payroll/ https://www.quora.com/Do-you-have-to-pay-VAT-on-an-employee-s-salary
(2) https://cincodias.elpais.com/herramientas/calculadora-irpf/ https://es.talent.com/tax-calculator?salary=200000&from=year®ion=Comunidad+de+Madrid
(3) In Spain, social insurance taxes (contingencias comunes) are calculated as 28.3% of 1.6K (min) to 4.5K (max) mensual income. Anything over that does not compute for that calculation. So the employer can at most pay 1080 EUR/mo (23.6%) and the employee 211 EUR (4.7%) a month as opposed to the 4K the page you source mentions https://loentiendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bases-minima-maxima-cotizacion-seguridad-social-general-2023.png
https://loentiendo.com/cotizacion-contingencias-comunes/
(4) https://www.urssaf.fr/portail/home/utile-et-pratique/estimat... https://de.icalculator.com/employment-cost-calculator.html
(6) https://www.uktaxcalculators.co.uk/ Taxes: 81,915 EUR
as % of income: 40.96%
France (2): Taxes: 87866.28 EUR
as % of income: 43.94%
Germany (3): Taxes: 86,439.33 EUR
as % of income: 43.22%
(1) https://cincodias.elpais.com/herramientas/calculadora-irpf/