You need to declare and pay VAT for the periods your business is registered. You can submit your VAT return from the first day after the end of the period and until the last day of the month following the end of the period. Sales via the EU scheme and the non-EU scheme should be declared and paid quarterly, whereas sales via the import scheme should be declared and paid monthly. Please see all relevant deadlines further down this page.
Businesses declaring their ordinary VAT every six months also have to declare VAT under the VAT One Stop Shop scheme quarterly (monthly, if you have signed up for the import scheme under VAT One Stop Shop).
You have to make a declaration - even if your business has had no sales
If, for a period, you have had no sale of goods and/or services, you still have to file a VAT return. In stead of filing your normal VAT return, you file a zero VAT return. Remember that all sales up to 1 July 2021 should be declared via the existing VAT Mini One Stop Shop scheme. Read about the VAT Mini One Stop Shop scheme and how you declare and pay VAT.
If you fail to pay
The VAT you pay on sales to private consumers in the EU via the VAT One Stop Shop scheme is VAT that is payable to other EU countries. If you fail to pay this VAT, the rules of the relevant country apply.
We are not familiar with those rules and you should therefore contact the relevant EU countries for more information.
The import scheme also includes Danish VAT. A Danish business providing distance selling of goods from another EU country to private consumers in Denmark has to declare its Danish VAT in the EU scheme. Correspondingly, a platform business facilitating distance selling of goods from another EU country to private consumers in Denmark for a business that is not established in the EU or facilitating domestic sale of goods in Denmark for a business that is not established in the EU has to declare Danish VAT in the EU scheme.
See your account for sales to private consumers in the EU
You can see the amounts you have declared by logging on to E-tax for businesses and selecting ‘Moms’ (VAT) and then ‘Moms One Stop Shop’ (VAT One Stop Shop).
Your tax account will not show amounts you have not yet paid as you owe these amounts to tax authorities in other EU countries and not to us.