Household services

Deduction for household services expected to increase in 2025

We expect that the deduction for household services will be increased further for 2025 and extended to include more services.

The bill is expected to pass in late January 2025.

You are entitled to claim a deduction for the wage costs on certain household services such as cleaning, minding of children or garden work carried out in your home or in your holiday home.

The deduction for household services is DKK 12,400 per person in 2025 (DKK 11,900 in 2024).

Claim your deduction for household services in E-tax (TastSelv):

For 2024: Select Forskudsopgørelsen 2024 (Preliminary income assessment 2024) abd click the calculator next to Servicefradrag (Household services) field 461.
For 2025: You can report your deduction for household services from 1 January 2025.

See our video: How to claim a household service deduction in your preliminary income assessment (click cc. for English subtitles)

Work that was carried out in 2024, should be paid by 28 February 2025 for you to be entitled to a deduction. If you paid at later point in time, you are entitled to the deduction in the year you made the payment.

Claim your deduction for household services

In 2024, the deduction for household services is DKK 11,900 per person (DKK 6,600 in 2023).

The value of the deduction is approx. 26% in 2024 (26% in 2023). If you have paid DKK 1,000 for a household service, you save approx. DKK 260 in taxes.

You are only entitled to a deduction for wage costs - not for materials used.

Deductible household services

Wash-down and wiping of surfaces in the home
Cleaning of toilet and bath/shower
Vacuum-cleaning, floor washing and floor polishing
Dishwashing, clothes washing and ironing
Cleaning or washing of carpets, curtains, blinds, etc.

Please note - expenses for washing, ironing and dry cleaning clothes and rugs etc. are only deductible when it is done in the home.

It is not possible to claim expenses for au pairs living in the home where the work is carried out.

Lawn mowing
Hedge cutting
Weeding
Trimming of bushes and trees (not tree felling or removal of fallen trees)
Snow removal
Cleaning slabs on your terrace, driveway etc. (cleaning your roof and gutters don't entitle you to a deduciton)

You are not entitled to a deduction for:

subscription services, including snow removal and gardening
expenses for once-off project such as establishing a new lawn, a new terrace and landscape paving

The same applies if your holiday home has been rented out. Please read more about this under Deduction for home improvement and household services in holiday homes.

You may claim a deduction for household services such as cleaning and babysitting carried out by private individuals. They have to complete a service declaration or similar, be 18 years old by the end of the income year and be subject to full tax liability in Denmark.

Form: Service declaration

To obtain a deduction for services carried out in 2023, the services must have been paid by no later than 28 February 2024. If they were paid later than that, you will obtain the deduction in the income year in which they were paid.
Your payment should be electronic, such as by means of dankort, MobilePay or online banking (no cash payments).
Keep your documentation for the services.

For further legal information in Danish see our legal guide .

Household services

Deduction for household services expected to increase in 2025

About deduction for household services - for example cleaning, gardening and babysitting

Household services carried out by private individuals

General terms

Video: How to claim a deduction for household services in your preliminary income assessment