File your tax return now and avoid a penalty

Dear Sir or Madam

The deadline for filing a tax return is approaching. If you file your tax return before 1 July 2023, you avoid having to pay a penalty for late filing.

This year, you will not automatically receive a tax assessment notice because we need you to file a tax return in our self-service system E-tax (TastSelv) with information about your non-Danish income matters. Once you have done that, you will get your tax assessment notice for 2022. This will show whether you need to pay more tax (outstanding tax) or whether we owe you money (tax refund).

Check information about your non-Danish income matters

We have received information about you from the tax authorities in another country we exchange information with. You can see the information in E-tax under ’Skatteoplysninger’ (Tax information) under the section ’Udenlandsk indkomst, oplysninger modtaget fra udlandet’ (non-Danish income, information received from abroad).

Check that the information is correct. If you disagree with the information we received from abroad, please ask the party who reported the amount to correct it with the non-Danish tax authority that reported the information.

If you co-own an account with others, the full amount has been reported to us by the non-Danish tax authorities. You have to pay tax on your share of the amount (interest, dividend, gross return on sale of assets and other income from assets). You should therefore only enter your share of the reported amount. 

Remember to inform us of all your non-Danish tax matters

If you have other non-Danish tax matters, such as pension schemes, properties, bank deposits or securities, you have to inform us about these - for all countries where this is relevant.

How to file a tax return

1. Log on at skat.dk/tastselv.
2. Select ’Ret årsopgørelsen/oplysningsskemaet’ (Correct tax assessment notice/tax return).
3. Check that any amounts we may have entered for you are correct. If they are incorrect, you should correct them and if they are missing, you should enter them.
4. Select ’Udenlandsk indkomst’ (Non-Danish income) at the bottom of the page and click ’Lommeregner’ (Calculator) next to the boxes where you want to enter an amount.
5. Enter the amount and click ’Gem’ (Save) and ’Overfør beløb’ (Transfer amount).
6. Click ’Næste’ twice.
7. Check that you have entered all the amounts and click ’Godkend’ to save. You will then receive your tax assessment notice.

Check if we have registered your entries by logging on at skat.dk/tastselv and selecting ’Profil’ (Profile) → ’Se kvitteringer for indtastning’ (See receipts for entries).

If you miss the deadline for filing your tax return

If you don’t file your tax return by 1 July, you will be charged a penalty for late filing. As a general rule, the penalty is DKK 200 for each day by which the deadline is missed (a total maximum of DKK 5,000). 

If you have already filed your tax return

Please disregard this letter if you have already filed your tax return.

Any questions?

You can read more about declaring non-Danish income at skat.dk/non-danish-income.

If you have questions and you don’t find the answer at skat.dk/english, you can chat with us at skat.dk/assessmentnotice or call us on ( 45) 72 22 27 80.

If you have questions about how to complete your tax return, we recommend that you are logged on to E-tax when you call us.

Check our opening hours and current phone waiting times at skat.dk/contact → Individuals → Non-Danish income matters.

Yours faithfully

Danish Tax Agency