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1/20/2026Product Update

Obolus is moving from a German wage-tax calculator to a global finance suite with TaxApp, TaxCompare, Budget, Cockpit and Invest.


Borderless Financial Planning

Obolus has evolved. What started as a dedicated tool for German wage tax has now transformed into a comprehensive Global Finance Suite. In an era of global mobility, your financial tools should be as flexible as your career.

Full Support for 8 Key Jurisdictions

We have integrated deep tax logic for the most sought-after international locations:

  • Europe: 🇩🇪 Germany (2026 Update), 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇮🇪 Ireland
  • Global: 🇺🇸 USA, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇦🇺 Australia

Introducing TaxCompare

The highlight of this shift is our new /taxcompare page. It allows you to visualize the tax burden across all 8 supported countries at a single glance. It’s the perfect dashboard for expats and nomads to optimize their take-home pay.

The Financial Ecosystem

This update connects the dots of your financial journey:

  1. TaxApp: Calculate your accurate net income worldwide.
  2. Budgeting: Seamlessly import your income into your personal budget.
  3. Investing: Project your wealth based on actual, tax-adjusted savings.

The future of Obolus is global. Welcome to borderless finance.

Furthermore, this new functionality also offers new statistical possibilities.

Here, for example, are the tax rates of a single person without children in international comparison:

International Tax Comparison

Visualization of net income relative to increasing gross salary by country.

Data is dynamically grouped by country and visualized as line charts.
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