Denmark News

Denmark Pledges To Lower Tax Burden More

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

The Danish tax burden will continue its downtrend trend in the coming years, Danish Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has said. Read Full Story

Denmark To Cut Tax Appeal Waiting Times

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, June 4, 2018

The Danish Government is allocating an additional DKK230m (USD36m) to ease a backlog of pending tax appeal cases. Read Full Story

Denmark Lining Up Tax Relief For Sharing Economy Income

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

The Danish Government recently announced that it will enhance tax relief for those making small amounts of income from the sharing economy. Read Full Story

OECD Personal Tax Burden Crept Higher Still In 2017

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, April 27, 2018

Belgium, Denmark, and Germany have the highest personal income tax burdens, at over 35 percent, among OECD countries, according to the latest OECD Taxing Wages report, which says that just over half of countries made small increases to their average personal tax rates last year. Read Full Story

Denmark May Reduce Electricity Tax 'Significantly'

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Danish Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has suggested that the Government should reduce the level of tax on electricity consumption, which is currently the highest in Europe. Read Full Story

Denmark Hits Former Uber Drivers With Tax Bills

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, April 6, 2018

More than 1,000 former drivers of Uber taxis in Denmark will be required to pay additional tax after an investigation found tax irregularities in almost all cases. Read Full Story

Denmark To Study Taxation Of Sharing Economy

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, April 2, 2018

Changes to the tax rules for participants in the sharing economy in Denmark could follow a new review of how existing tax legislation affects gig economy workers, the Government has announced. Read Full Story

EU Authorizes Danish Flat Rate VAT Scheme For Vehicles

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

A Council Implementing Decision has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union extending a derogation from the EU VAT Directive with respect to the private use of business vehicles in Denmark. Read Full Story

Advance Pricing Agreements 'At Record High' In EU

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, March 19, 2018

The number of advance pricing agreements between EU member states and companies rose by 64 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to research by Eurodad. Read Full Story