Moving to Denmark

When you move to Denmark and your tax liability taxes effect, it's partly your responsibility to pay the right taxes. But what do you need to report? And how do you log on to E-tax (TastSelv) and use our self-service system? Let's help you here.

You become subject to full tax liability when you move to Denmark and live here. This means that you have to report:

your balance in non-Danish accounts
non-Danish securities
non-Danish pension schemes
non-Danish property, including rental income
non-Danish income.

Log on to E-tax

E-tax (TastSelv) is your self-service tax system. In E-tax, you can see and update your preliminary income assessment (forskudsopgørelse) which is your kind of tax budget and your tax assessment notice (årsopgørelse) which is your kind of annual tax result.

Once, you have registered with the Danish Folkeregister and have your MitID, you are ready to use E-tax. There, you can do your preliminary income assessment and your tax card and get off to a good start.

You can also call us on (+45)72 22 28 92 so we can help you with your tax card and E-tax. You will need to know your expected salary, other general income and the deductions.

Log on to E-tax (TastSelv)

Do you have non-Danish income? Make sure to report relevant information.

How do you update your preliminary income and your tax assessment notice? And what else do you need to watch out for? Let's help you here.

Choose your type of income/expense

Understand your tax in Denmark

The preliminary income assessment is your tax budget

Your preliminary income assessment is your tax budget for the current year. It's important that your tax card shows your expected income and deduction – both Danish and non-Danish.

Your tax card consists of a primary tax card and a secondary tax card. They are digital and you can see them in E-tax (TastSelv).

Please note that you can only give your primary tax card to one employer/provider.

Your tax assessment notice is the tax result of our tax payments of the past calendar year. It tells you if you've paid too much or too little tax.

Each year in mid-March, you have to report the income and deductions for the past calendar year that are not already stated in your tax assessment notice. Including possible non-Danish income and deductions.

The deadline for reporting/updating your tax assessment notice is 1 July (the year after the end of the income year).

How do I get a NemKonto?

All Danish citizens have a NemKonto. It's an ordinary bank account for your Danish salary and public payments/refunds. We transfer possible overpaid tax to your NemKonto.

You can register your Danish account as your NemKonto in 2 ways:

Contact your bank.
Log on to nemkonto.dk/en and register your account as your NemKonto.

You can also register a non-Danish account as your NemKonto by logging on to nemkonto.dk/en.

Special stays in Denmark

Non-Danish currency and conversion into Danish kroner

How do I convert non-Danish currencies?

The amounts you report in your tax return must be in Danish kroner. You can use the exchange rate at the time of payment. If you use our currency calculator in E-tax (TastSelv), please note that it's the Danish National Bank's average of the specific non-Danish currency of the income year that is used for the conversion.

See the current rate of the day at nationalbanken.dk

For further legal information in Danish see our legal guide .

Moving to Denmark

Log on to E-tax

Do you have non-Danish income? Make sure to report relevant information.

Choose your type of income/expense

Understand your tax in Denmark

Preliminary income assessment (forskudsopgørelse)

Tax assessment notice (årsopgørelse)

NemKonto: What do you have to do?

Special stays in Denmark

Students in Denmark

Au Pairs in Denmark

Researcher in Denmark

Non-Danish currency and conversion into Danish kroner

How do I convert non-Danish currencies?