If you have your frozen holiday pay paid out

If you choose to have your frozen holiday pay paid out, we recommend that you add the relevant amount before tax to your earned income in field 201 in your preliminary income assessment (meaning that you increase your earned income with the amount you want to have paid out). 
This is particularly important if you pay top-bracket tax, or if your total income is close to the top-bracket tax limit (annual income in 2020 of DKK 577,174 or monthly income of DKK 48,098). If you do not correct your preliminary income assessment, you risk having to pay outstanding tax when you receive your next tax assessment notice in March 2021.

Losing your job

If you lose your job, you should correct your earned income in field 201 of your preliminary income assessment. Changing your expected income from salary to unemployment benefits makes a big difference as you automatically get deductions on your preliminary income assessment when you earn an ordinary salary: job allowance, employment allowance and additional pension deduction.

If you start receiving unemployment benefits, you should also include these in your preliminary income assessment. You enter them in field 304. Search for the field or find the field Arbejdsløs/fleksjob (Unemployed/flex job) under Oftest tilføjede felter (Frequently added fields).

Read more about what to do if your income changes.

Reduced salary

If your salary is reduced, you should correct your earned income in field 201 of your preliminary income assessment as you automatically get deductions on your preliminary income assessment when you earn an ordinary salary: job allowance, employment allowance and additional pension deduction.

You are not entitled to a deduction for transport between home and work if you work from home. So, if you have fewer days than expected where you travel to and from work, you should change your deduction for transport between home and work in field 417 of your preliminary income assessment.  The same applies if you lose your job and you therefore do not travel to and from work.

Read more about deductions for transport between home and work.

If you are paying B-tax, you do not have to pay B-tax in April or May as these payment deadlines have been extended to two months that are payment-free today:

• The payment deadline on 20 April has been extended to 22 June 2020
• The payment deadline on 20 May has been extended to 21 December 2020

If you are using direct debit (Betalingsservice) to pay your B-tax, you do not need to do anything further as your payments will automatically be changed to the extended deadlines. If you are using an online bank, you should simply pay by the extended deadline.

If you normally have travel expenses (deduction for food and accommodation when you travel for business purposes) and this amount has changed, you should change it in field 429 of your preliminary income assessment.

Read more about travel expenses.

If, as a result of corona/COVID-19, you are working more from home in Denmark, you may not only be liable to tax in Sweden on the income you earn from your Swedish employer.

Read more in our Danish-language guide Coronaepidemi og øget antal hjemmearbejdsdage for danske Øresundspendlere (Corona epidemic and increased number of days working from home for Oresund commuters).

If you pay less into your private pension scheme in 2020 than the amount stated on your preliminary income assessment, you should change the amount in field 436 (for example private life pension schemes) or field 416 (for example private annuity and temporary old-age pension schemes) on your preliminary income assessment.

Can I get a deduction for electricity and Internet when I work from home?

No, you do not get a tax deduction for electricity and Internet.

Can I get a deduction if I use my own pc or phone when I work from home?

No, you cannot.

Can I get a deduction if I have a home office?

You are not entitled to a tax deduction if you have set up a temporary home office in connection with the corona crisis (e.g. in your living room, children's room or guest room).

However, you are entitled to a tax deduction if you have a permanent home office (which is not used for other purposes). Note that there is no deduction for the initial expenses up to DKK 6,300. Read more about deduction for home office. 

If you have additional expenses in connection with working from home during lockdown, you should speak to your employer.

The deadline for correcting your tax assessment notice has been extended to 1 September 2020 (due to the corona situation).

See the extended deadlines in the list below. Some of the deadlines are in August and December.

It is an advantage to make corrections as soon as possible

Even though the deadlines have been extended, it would be an advantage for you to make the corrections as soon as possible.

If you are getting a tax refund, you will get it sooner than if you wait to correct your tax assessment notice.

If you have outstanding tax, you can save money if you pay it before 1 July 2020. The deadline for voluntary payment of outstanding tax has not been extended.

If you pay your outstanding tax before 1 July 2020, daily interest of 2% will be added up to and including the payment date. If you choose to pay after 1 July 2020, you will pay a 4% fixed additional interest charge.

Any outstanding tax you have up to DKK 21,320, including the additional interest charge, will be included in your tax for 2021.

Any outstanding tax you have over DKK 21,320, including the additional interest charge, will be charged in three instalments in August, September and October. We will notify you via digital post when it is time to pay the first instalment. Please note that the extended declaration deadline of 1 September may mean that your instalments may be charged at a later point in time. 

Read more about payment of outstanding tax