As of Monday March 23rd, you can see whether you are owed money from the Danish Tax Agency or have to repay a deficit for the 2025 tax year.
The Danish Tax Authority (Skattestyrelsen) releases the årsopgørelse or annual tax statement in March each year, after which taxpayers have until May to update any inaccurate information on the returns. This can affect whether you receive money return from any excess already paid to the agency, or conversely, still owe tax.
The official day for release of the 2025 tax statements is Monday, March 23rd, although the Tax Agency sometimes releases some returns on the preceding Friday. There is likely to be high traffic and a wait to get into the skat.dk platform on Monday.
What is the årsopgørelse?
Annual tax returns (årsopgørelser) in Denmark cover calendar years. They are released in March and finalised in late spring, meaning taxpayers have this period to correct the information on their tax returns from the previous calendar year.
The returns account for income over the preceding tax year as well as deductions and taxes paid.
Too much tax paid during the preceding year (without adjustment of the preliminary tax return, forskudsopgørelse during the course of that year), can mean the tax payer is due a tax refund. This will show on the annual return on its release in March.
The reverse applies if less than the correct rate has been paid for that person’s individual circumstances, meaning money might be owed to the Danish tax system. Repayments must be made by July 1st.
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How do I check and it and make changes?
Once you have logged on to the platform, you can click on 'årsopgørelse' to see your return for 2025. Money due to be repaid to you will display as a green figure. If you have to pay money back, the number will be in red.
The annual tax return can be manually adjusted, such as by changing information relating to income or deductions, until May 1st.
For example, journeys of more than 24 kilometres to and from workplaces are eligible for a transport deduction, kørselsfradraget in Danish. The number of days in which you travelled to work, and the distance travelled, can be entered manually and corrected on the annual return if it is too high or too low. This can be relevant for people with flexible work-from-home arrangements.
Normally, around three in four people receive money back from the tax authorities once the return is finalised. The amount paid back varies and depends on individual circumstances.
Rebates from the tax system are automatically paid back, usually beginning in April.
I’m a Danish taxpayer. What else do I need to know about this and what should I do?
The annual tax overview, årsopgørelsen, shows your income, deductions and what you have paid in taxes in the last tax year.
The annual statement is released annually in March, when you can see if you are owed money back or if you paid too little in taxes during the preceding year. In most cases, rebates are automatically deposited into your bank account.
In 2026, you can view and correct your 2025 annual statement from March 23rd.
Most of the information in the annual statement is provided automatically by your employer or bank. If the information is correct, you do not need to take any further action.
However, you may need to enter some things into the report yourself, depending on your income type and whether you are entitled to any deductions.
These include deductions for transport (kørselsfradrag), child support (børnebidrag) and work clothing and equipment. You also need to enter details of income from shareholdings and properties you own.
If you financial situation -- for example how far you commute, you income or a house ownership -- changed in the last tax year, the annual statement might not have updated in time to reflect this.
More in-depth detail on how these deductions and declarations work can be found on the Tax Agency website (in Danish) with some detail also provided on the website’s English language version.
The Danish Tax Agency can be contacted via telephone in case of queries regarding your annual return. The telephone number to contact the agency is 7222 2828.
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