On this page you find information about how you report pay or fees to us - whether you do it yourself or you do it for a client.

You can report in your own payroll system or directly in E-income. E-income is a register that stores information about the income (salaries, state education grant, benefits and pension) of all Danes. More than 150 authorities use E-income and the information you enter in the register to calculate and pay public benefits, grants, etc. As a result, your work may have a great impact on the financial situation of your employees.

COVID-19: Repayment of A-tax loans

If you have been granted an A-tax loan in connection with COVID-19, you have to remember to repay the loan on time. You also need to remember that if you fail to declare your A-tax on time and we estimate your tax, you will have to repay your A-tax loan immediately.

See repayment deadlines and conditions.

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Log on and report the pay of your employees

Please pay attention to the following before you do your reporting: 

  • the pay period
  • the date when the money will be accessible (payment date)

Pay period

Your employee accrue his salary in the pay period. However, the pay period is not always a calendar month. Numerous hourly-paid employees have a pay period from the 20th of one month until the 19th of the next.

Payment date

The payment date is the day when the salary is available to your employee. The payment date decides which month your reporting relates to, and it also decides the tax year of your employee.

Example

If your employee is paid twice in the same calendar month, it could have effect on his private financial situation. He may also not be eligible for certain public benefits, housing benefit or free daycare for example. He may also risk getting an incorrect tax assessment notice resulting in outstanding tax.

Therefore, be particularly careful to do your reporting on time - especially at the end or at the beginning of a year. Remember, that payroll agencies or accountant may have short deadlines.

This is how you can do your reporting
Reporting method This is what you do
E-income

You can do your reporting directly in E-income in E-tax (TastSelv) via online reporting (separately) or via a file.

We have made a template to generate the files for upload for E-income. You find that template on this page under "Guides and forms".

Please find a Danish step-by-step guide on how to use E-income under 'Ansatte' (Employees) in E-tax for businesses.
Own payroll system You can report salary information via files from a payroll system on your computer.
Payroll agency Often, the payroll bureau will take steps to gain the necessary access to report on your behalf. You can, however, give the bureau access via E-income in E-tax for businesses. For more information, please check with your payroll bureau.
Accountant You can authorise an accountant/a firm to report on your behalf in E-tax for businesses. An authorisation will give the accountant the same access as you (the business required to report) have.

You can use the programme eIndkomst-indberetning  (E-income reporting) to generate files to upload to E-income. Download reporting programme for E-income.

E-payroll (Letløn) is a calculation program under E-income. After signing up, it helps you calculate your employees’ A-tax, labour market contribution (am-bidrag), supplementary labour market pension (ATP) and holiday pay.

You have to check up on the following things each month:

1. Withhold A-tax and labour market contributions from the salary
You need to withhold A-tax, labour market contribution (AM-bidrag) and supplementary labour market pension (ATP) when you pay the salary to your employee. This also applies to on account remunerations, advance payment etc.

Read more in Danish about tax on employee salary

2. Report salary information to us
Salary information includes A-income, holiday pay, working hours, A-tax, labour market contribution, ATP and salary.

Special attention should be paid to declaring the correct salary period and the payment date:

  • Salary period is not always a calendar month
    The payment period of a lot of employees paid by the hour is from the 20th of a month to the 19 of the next month.

  • Always report on time
    The reason you should do that is that the income of each calendar month is used to calculate public benefits. Your employee may not qualify for certain public service or may have to pay outstanding tax if you do your reporting too late. Please be extra aware of this aroun the turn of year. If you have a payroll agency or an accountant help you, they may have shorter deadlines.

3. Pay A-tax and labour market contributions to the Tax Agency
When you have made your report, you have to pay A-tax and labour market contributions to us. You can make the payment in various ways depending on how you do your reporting.

Paying A-tax and labour market contributions

Your deadline for reporting and paying A-tax and labour market contribution depends on how your business or organisation is registered:

  • Large business: Labour market contributions of more than DKK 250,000 and/or A-tax of more than DKK 1 million a year
  • Small and medium-sized businesses: Labour market contributions of less than DKK 250,000 and/or A-tax of less than DKK 1 million a year.

Your registration certificate tells you whether your business is registered as a large or small and medium-sized business. Please see your registration certificate in E-tax for business under 'Profil' (Profile) -> 'Registreringsbevis' (Registration certficate).

Large businesses

The coming payment deadlines for large businesses are as follows:
Settlement period Declaration deadline Payment deadline
December 2022 30 December 2022 30 December 2022
January 2023 31 January 2023 31 January 2023
February 2023 28 February 2023 28 February 2023
March 2023 31 March 2023 31 March 2023
April 2023 28 April 2023 28 April 2023
May 2023 31 May 2023 31 May 2023
June 2023 30 June 2023 30 June 2023
July 2023 31 July 2023 31 July 2023
August 2023 31 August 2023 31 August 2023
September 2023 29 September 2023 29 September 2023
October 2023 31 October 2023 231 October 2023
November 2023 30 November 2023 30 November 2023
December 2023 30 December 2023 30 December 2023

Public authorities

As a general rule, public authorities, including local authorities and regions, do not have extended deadlines and must declare A-tax and labour market contributions as usual.

For small and medium-sized businesses

The coming payment deadlines for small and medium-sized businesses:
Settlement period Declaration deadline Payment deadline
November 2022 12 December 2022 12 December 2022
December 2022 17 January 2023 17 January 2023
January 2023 10 February 2023 10 February 2023
February 2023 10 March 2023 10 March 2023
March 2023 10 April 2023 10 April 2023
April 2023 10 May 2023 10 May 2023
May 2023 12 June 2023 12 June 2023
June 2023 10 July 2023 10 July 2023
July 2023 10 August 2023 10 August 2023
August 2023 11 September 2023 11 September 2023
September 2023 10 October 2023 10 October 2023
October 2023 10 November 2023 10 November 2023
November 2023 11 December 2023 11 December 2023
December 2023 17 January 2024 17 January 2024

Check if you have new deadlines in late November

In November, we check to see if your business should change its registration due to higher og lower amounts of labour market contributions (AM-bidrag) or A-tax compared with the past year. If your business change its registration, you will be given both new reporting deadlines and payment deadlines.

Remember to enter the new deadlines in your payroll system. If your business reports via a payroll agency, you need to inform the agency of the new deadlines.

Would you like to be notified when it is time to report A-tax or labour market contributions?

If you enter your email address in E-tax for businesses (TastSelv Erhverv) and we will send you an email when it is time to declare A-tax and labour market contributions.

  1. Log on to E-tax for businesses and click 'Profil- og kontaktoplysninger' (Profile and contact
  2. Click 'Kontak- og tilmeldingsoplysninger' (Contact and registration information)
  3. Click 'Se og ret dine generelle kontaktoplysninger' (See and change your general contact information)
  4. Enter your name and your email address and click 'Gem' (Save)

You have now signed up for email reminders in E-income. You can always go back and change your email address or deregister from this service. If you have already entered your email address in E-income, you can correct it as follows:

  1. Log on to E-tax for businesses and select 'Ansatte' (Employees)
  2. Click 'Indberet til eIndkomst eller Letløn' (Declare A-tax or labour market contribution in E-income or E-payroll)
  3. Click 'Indberette/forespørge på eIndkomst/Letløn' (Declare/make a request in E-income/E-payroll)
  4. Click 'Kommunikationsindstillinger og Letløn tilmelding' (Communication settings and registration for E-payroll)
  5. Click '2. Supplerende indstillinger (mailadresse og kommunikationsform)' (2 Supplementary settings (email address and method of communication)
  6. Enter your email address in the field 'Supplerende email adresse' (Supplementary email address) and click OK.

If your email address is entered in E-income, we will send your reminders to this email address.

When you pay out salary to your employees, you need to pay attention to the following three things:

1. Withhold A-tax and labour market contributions from the salary
You need to withhold A-tax, labour market contribution (am-bidrag) and supplementary labour market pension (ATP) when you pay the salary to the employee. This also applies to on account remunerations, advance payment etc.

2. Report salary information to the Tax Agency
Salary information includes A-income, holiday pay, working hours, labour market contribution, ATP and salary.

3. Pay A-tax and labour market contributions to the Tax Agency
When you have made your report, E-income automatically calculates the total amount that you will have to pay in A-tax and labour market contribution for the month. Please find the amount in E-tax for business (TastSelv) under 'Skattekontoen Stamoplysninger' (Tax Account, Personal data).

All employers have to report pay for their employees each month. If you do not pay out a salary one month, you still have to do the reporting to E-income. You do so by making a so-called zero entry.

If you use a payroll agency to pay out salaries, you will either have to ask the agency to make a zero entry or do it your self.

Likewise, if you have registered as an employer in the middle of a month and you do not have to pay any employees that month, you should also make a zero entry.

Please see our legal guide (in Danish) for further legal information.