How much money would really remain in the payroll if the economic program of Vox were applied? A calculator that has begun to circulate on the internet tries to answer that question by comparing the current taxation in 2026 with some of the main tax measures defended by the party of Santiago Abascal. The tool, named "Simulador de sueldo VOX", allows you to enter the annual gross salary, the number of payments, the type of contract, and the family situation to obtain an estimate of how much the net available income would vary. It also includes a specific section for self-employed workers.
However, there is an important clarification before using it: it is not an official calculator from Vox nor is it prepared by the party. Its creators explain that it is an independent tool for informational purposes and that its results are indicative. To build the simulations, it uses as its main document the economic and housing program presented by Vox in 2025, but also incorporates tax proposals defended by the party in parliamentary initiatives and previous programs.
A salary of 30,000 euros: 359 euros more per month according to the simulator
The example that best allows understanding its operation is that of a person without children, with a permanent contract and a gross salary of 30,000 euros per year in 12 payments. According to the calculations of the tool, with the current regulations, they would receive about 1,927 euros net per month, equivalent to 23,124 euros per year after deducting income tax and social security contributions.
With the reform attributed to Vox, the result would rise to 2,286.88 euros net per month, about 27,443 euros per year. The difference would be 359.88 euros per month and 4,319 euros per year, an increase of 18.7% in the net salary calculated by the page. Social security would remain in this example at 1,950 euros per year and practically all the variation would come from income tax: the tool estimates that it would go from 4,926 euros per year to 607.50.
This result does not mean that any worker will save 359 euros per month. The figure depends on the salary, children, personal circumstances, and the deductions introduced. It also does not imply a salary increase paid by the company: the gross salary would remain the same, but the amount available after taxes would increase according to the tax hypotheses used by the simulator.
This is the income tax that Vox proposes
The main reason for the difference lies in the profound reform of the personal income tax proposed by Vox. Its economic program proposes to establish a minimum exempt of 22,000 euros, a first bracket up to 70,000 euros subject to a rate of 15% and a second, for amounts that exceed that level, of 25%. It also proposes to reduce the applicable rate by four percentage points for each descendant. These measures are explicitly included in the party's economic documents.
Vox estimates that this income tax reform alone would have an approximate revenue cost of 40,000 million euros. The party links its fiscal proposal to a parallel reduction in public spending that it considers unproductive, as well as a simplification of the Administration and the elimination or reduction of certain structures and subsidies.
It is precisely here where one of the main limitations of the simulator appears. The tool allows calculating how much the individual tax bill could be reduced, but does not quantify what consequences the reduction of public income would have nor what specific items should be cut to compensate for it. Therefore, the increase in disposable income shown on the screen does not represent by itself the complete economic effect of the program.
It also calculates the effect of having children
The family situation can considerably modify the result. Vox proposes that the corresponding rate of the personal income tax be reduced by four percentage points for each descendant. That is, families with children would receive an additional reduction on the general rates provided by the party.
The simulator allows entering how many children the taxpayer has, how many are under three years old, and whether the descendants also count for the other parent. In addition, it incorporates other assumptions such as the maternity deduction and some proposals defended by Vox for school expenses, caregivers, household employees, rent, or mortgage interest. Not all come exactly from the same program document: the creators of the calculator have combined measures from the most recent economic program with initiatives and previous programs of the party.
For this reason, two workers with the same salary can achieve very different results. The savings shown by the calculator grow or decrease according to the family composition and the circumstances entered, so the more than 300 euros monthly from the example of 30,000 euros should not be used as a general figure for all taxpayers.
From 21% VAT to 18%
The economic program of Vox is not limited to income tax. The party proposes to reduce the general VAT from 21% to 18% and the reduced rate from 10% to 8%, in addition to applying lower or 0% rates to certain basic products. The party itself estimates the revenue cost of reducing the two main VAT rates at around 14 billion euros.
It also proposes lowering the Corporate Tax to 15%, eliminating the self-employed fee for those earning less than the minimum wage, and applying other tax reductions on supplies or certain products. In the case of the Corporate Tax, Vox estimates an additional revenue impact close to 10 billion euros.
The calculator incorporates some of these measures to provide a broader estimate of savings, although the most visible part is the comparison of the payroll. Reducing VAT, for example, would not directly increase the income that appears on a payroll, but could decrease the tax paid when consuming certain goods and services.
The simulator also includes the self-employed
The page allows switching from the profile of an employee to that of a self-employed. In that case, it requests data such as income, monthly expenses of the activity, and whether the worker is within the flat rate. The comparison incorporates Vox's proposal to eliminate the fee for self-employed individuals whose income does not reach the minimum wage.
The party has also defended bonuses on contributions for job creation and changes in the payment deadlines for income tax and VAT. Again, the obtained figure depends on the hypotheses entered and should be interpreted as a simulation, not as an exact forecast of what a self-employed person would earn if the program were to be implemented.
A simulation, not a guaranteed future payroll
The calculator is useful for visualizing the scope of the fiscal proposal, but there are several reasons why the final figure cannot be considered a guaranteed future payroll. First of all, Vox's measures would have to be legally approved and their final wording could differ from that included in the programs. Furthermore, the IRPF depends on numerous personal and territorial circumstances that a simplified tool cannot always fully reproduce.
The simulator itself works with a scenario of a single payer, without other incomes and without regional deductions in its standard example. It also does not calculate the macroeconomic or budgetary effects resulting from a reduction of tens of billions in revenue nor the consequences of the spending reduction measures that Vox proposes as a counterpart.
The main utility of the tool is, therefore, to allow each user to input their circumstances and see how the proposed tax cuts by Vox would translate on paper. In the example of a salaried worker earning 30,000 euros without children, the answer is particularly striking: almost 360 net euros more per month. But that figure comes from an independent simulation based on the party's program and not from an approved measure or an official calculation from the Tax Agency.