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Bottom, middle, top and additional top-bracket tax

2 new types of tax rates will be introduced in 2026 – top-bracket tax and additional top-bracket tax – as a result of a tax refurm. The former top-bracket tax will be called middle-bracket tax.

Tax rates and thresholds for 2026:

Both your A-income and B-income will be included in the calculation of the taxes. 

Bottom-bracket tax: 12.01%  

Everybody with an income pays bottom-bracket tax. But you only pay bottom-bracket tax on the part of your income that exceeds your personal allowance. The bottom-bracket tax is calculated based on your personal income – plus positive net capital income

Net capital income in brief

Middle-bracket tax: 7.5%  

Middle-bracket tax is the former (upto and including 2025) top-bracket tax. For 2026 it applies that 

  • if your personal income exceeds DKK 641,200 after labour market contribution, you have to pay  middle-bracket tax at 7.5% on your income above this threshold

  • if you have capital income that exceeds the bottom-bracket tax of DKK 55,000 (2026), you have to pay middle-bracket tax at 7.5% on you income.

Top-bracket tax: 7.5% 

If your personal income exceeds DKK 777,900 after labour market contribution, you have to pay top-bracket tax at 7.5% on your income that exceeds this threshold. 

Additional top-bracket tax: 5% 

If your personal income exceeds DKK 2,592,700 after labour market contribution, you have to pay additional top-bracket tax at 5% on your income that exceeds this threshold. 

On top of this you pay a municipal tax and members of the vangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark pay church tax. 

Other taxes: 

Labour market contribution (currently in Danish)

B-tax on B-income

Housing taxes