Customs duties

Customs duties in relation to:

Travel

Online shopping

Gifts

VAT refunds

Submit forms

Importing a vehicle

Further information:

Importing vehicles

Bank account information (payments from us to you)

If you have a non-Danish account you can register a non-Danish bank account as your NemKonto in 2 ways:

• Log on at nemkonto.dk and register your non-Danish bank account as your NemKonto.
• If you do not have NemID/MitID, you can complete a form at nemkonto.dk.

If you want us to register your non-Danish bank account, you can write in the box below. It will take up to 4 months for us to register and activate the account.

Remember to attach following documents:

• your non-Danish bank account (IBAN and SWIFT/BIC)
• a copy of your passport
• a copy of an official document with your current address.

Reduction and refund of Danish royalty and interest taxes

If you need to report royalty tax or correct a previous declaration, please complete form 06.013, which is our digital reporting system (only available in Danish).

If you need to report interest and capital gains taxes, you should first complete form 06.026 (only available in Danish) and save it on your computer. You then attach the form, write a message and click Send.

If you want to apply for a reduction in withholding tax rate or for an exemption from withholding royalty, interest and capital gains taxes when receiving Danish royalty payments, please complete form 06.015 and save it on your computer. You then attach the form, write a message and click Send.

If, however, you need to:

• ask questions about royalty, interest or capital gains taxes, or
• correct interest and capital gains taxes in a previous declaration, or
• request a refund of royalty and interest taxes,

Please write your message to us in the box below and click Send. Remember to attach any relevant documents.

If you are writing to us about refunds of royalty and interest taxes, you should attach the following documents as a minimum: an invoice and possibly a credit note, certificate of residence for the non-Danish recipient of royalty and your reason for applying for a refund.

Please also state the following: 

 - Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

 - Date of birth (if relevant)

 - Full name

 - Address

 - Country

 - Email

- Name of bank

- IBAN

- BIC/SWIFT code

- Account number and owner of account number

Bringing your foreign vehicle to Denmark

Further information:

Bringing a vehicle with foreign number plates to Denmark

Apply for permission to drive a foreign-registered vehicle in Denmark (form 21.059)

Other payments/debt issues

Outstanding tax

Paying outstanding tax from outside Denmark

eIncome

Exporting a vehicle

Further information:

Exporting vehicles

Apply for refund of vehicle registration tax (form 21.044)

Registration

Starting a business

Binding ruling on vehicle registration tax

Further information and applying forms:

Binding ruling on vehicle registration tax

E-tax for businesses (TastSelv Erhverv)

Other issues regarding registration of vehicles

Further information: 

Vehicle registration tax

Tax issues

Registration of British companies in Denmark

Other business-related questions

Working temporarily in Denmark (form 04.063)

When you move to Denmark, you have to register with the Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen), the State Administration (Statsforvaltningen) or the local municipality as your first step.

Read about how you apply for a tax card and possibly a personal tax number. 

Have you already completed form 04.063 and we have asked you to send more information? Then you can contact us via the contact form below. There, you can also attach additional documents.

Or you can tell us if there are any changes to the information you have stated in form 04.063 if, for example

• your spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend or children move to Denmark
• you leave Denmark
• you no longer have a home at your disposal in your home country
• you get married or divorced
• you change your name or your address
• you extend your work contract or stop working
• you get a new residence permit

If you can’t use our online form 04.063 due to special circumstances, you can send it and relevant documentation via our contact form.
Find the form 04.063 - application for tax card and Danish personal tax number under PDF version.

Further information:

Read more about the first steps you have to take when you move to Denmark.

Please visit lifeindenmark.dk for information on residence permit etc.

VAT

VAT matters

Guides in English and other languages

Staying permanently in Denmark

When moving to Denmark, you must first register with the Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen), the State Administration (Statsforvaltningen) or the local municipality.

Further information:

Information on working and living in Denmark

The Danish tax system

Visit lifeindenmark.dk for information on residence permits etc.

Moved to Denmark recently

When moving to Denmark, you must first register with the Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen), the State Administration (Statsforvaltningen) or the local municipality.

All citizens in Denmark are required to have a NemKonto. Read more on moving to Denmark. 

Further information:

First steps

The Danish tax system

Visit lifeindenmark.dk for information on residence permits etc.

Leaving/left Denmark

Please notify us if you leave Denmark permanently.

You must submit a tax return in Denmark for the final year, and we will contact you either by post or e-mail the spring after the year of leaving.

Further information:

Leaving Denmark permanently.

Lifeindenmark.dk

Living in Denmark for many years

Received a Danish tax return while living abroad

Please notify us if you have left Denmark permanently.

If you had income or property in Denmark for the year in question, you must submit a tax return either on paper or online.

If you did not deregister with us or the Citizen Service Centre (Borgerservice) when you left Denmark, you might still be registered as taxable for a later year.

If you believe you are not taxable for the year in question, you should not submit the tax return but first contact us for a solution.

Further information:

Leaving Denmark permanently

Guide to E-tax

VAT One Stop Shop

You can read more about VAT One Stop Shop here

Tax deduction for non-Danish students (applications etc.)

Students from certain countries might be eligible for an additional tax deduction.

Link to application (form 04.062)

Further information: Coming to study

Owner of Danish property

If the Danish Tax Agency (Skattestyrelsen) has requested information from you, you can submit it by email here.

Please note that if you have not been contacted by the Tax Agency, but request a personal tax number and preliminary registration yourself for the purpose of buying property, you submit your request by completing and submitting form  04.063_AP_EN.