https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed All goods bought outside the EU will be subject to Value Added Tax in Denmark from July 1st. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210518/danish-customers-face-vat-charges-on-all-non-eu-purchases Tue, 18 May 2021 16:10:28 +0200 danish-customers-face-vat-charges-on-all-non-eu-purchases Since Friday last week, over 2.7 million people in Denmark have attempted to access the website of the national tax agency to check whether they are due rebates. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210315/arsopgorelse-why-taxpayers-in-denmark-are-checking-whether-they-are-due-money-back Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:20:17 +0100 arsopgorelse-why-taxpayers-in-denmark-are-checking-whether-they-are-due-money-back The Danish Tax Agency has now published annual returns for taxpayers in the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200309/how-to-check-whether-you-are-due-a-danish-tax-refund Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:33:21 +0100 how-to-check-whether-you-are-due-a-danish-tax-refund The Danish Tax Agency was attacked using commercially available explosives rather than a home-made bomb, a preliminary analysis carried out by the Copenhagen Police has found. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190809/commercial-explosives-used-in-tax-agency-bombing-danish-police Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:38:18 +0200 commercial-explosives-used-in-tax-agency-bombing-danish-police Copenhagen Police have said they are close to certain that they can track down the perpetrators of Tuesday's bomb attack on the Danish Tax Agency. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190807/police-extremely-confident-of-catching-danish-tax-agency-bombers Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:45:45 +0200 police-extremely-confident-of-catching-danish-tax-agency-bombers Several years of technical problems at Denmark tax authority Skat have resulted in a further increase in the amount of money owed by taxpayers to the state, with the figure growing by nearly nine billion kroner from 2017-2018. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190528/tax-authority-woes-leave-danish-state-out-of-pocket-by-billions Tue, 28 May 2019 15:15:45 +0200 tax-authority-woes-leave-danish-state-out-of-pocket-by-billions A commission assigned to investigate a 15-year period of controversies at Denmark's tax authority is set to begin the lengthy process of interviewing witnesses. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190305/danish-tax-commission-begins-interviews-in-major-investigation Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:47:38 +0100 danish-tax-commission-begins-interviews-in-major-investigation Danish Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen on Thursday announced plans to recover the billions of kroner the nation has lost to tax fraud in recent years. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181101/denmark-vows-to-recover-billions-stolen-in-tax-fraud Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:02:08 +0100 denmark-vows-to-recover-billions-stolen-in-tax-fraud Denmark’s crisis-torn tax authority Skat will be dismantled and restructured as seven new agencies, the government announced Tuesday, after a series of scandals in recent times. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170614/heres-how-denmarks-reformed-tax-administration-will-look Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:29:31 +0200 heres-how-denmarks-reformed-tax-administration-will-look The Danish tax authority Skat said on Thursday it had paid an anonymous source almost six million kroner (€0.81 million, $0.9 million) for leaked data from the Panama Papers on hundreds of Danes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160929/denmark-pays-for-panama-papers-data-on-own-citizens Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:40:43 +0200 denmark-pays-for-panama-papers-data-on-own-citizens The Danish government said on Wednesday it would pay an anonymous source for leaked data from the Panama Papers on hundreds of Danish taxpayers. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160907/denmark-to-pay-for-panama-papers-data-on-tax-evaders Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:07:39 +0200 denmark-to-pay-for-panama-papers-data-on-tax-evaders The director general of Danish tax authority Skat has been removed from his job with immediate effect, numerous media outlets reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160826/top-danish-tax-official-fired-over-multi-billion-kroner-scandal Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:53:12 +0200 top-danish-tax-official-fired-over-multi-billion-kroner-scandal The Danish government accused Tesla of using a bulk purchase of its own vehicles to shortchange the public purse of one billion kroner. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151112/telsa-accused-of-costing-danish-people-billion-kroner-in-taxes Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:08:26 +0100 telsa-accused-of-costing-danish-people-billion-kroner-in-taxes The Danish tax authority Skat fired several top officials and was given an emergency lifeline from parliament on Friday after been hammered by scandals in recent weeks that could result in the loss of 14 billion kroner. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150925/danish-tax-authority-cleans-up-after-scandals Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:24:11 +0200 danish-tax-authority-cleans-up-after-scandals Denmark's tax authority said Wednesday it had alerted police after foreign companies appeared to have drained 804 million euros from the system in what would be the country's biggest-ever tax fraud. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150826/denmark-biggest-tax-scam-ever-investigation Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:33:54 +0200 denmark-biggest-tax-scam-ever-investigation A new analysis from top economists casts doubts on the government's claims that scrapping the top tax rate would cost the state billions of kroner. On the contrary, the study suggests it would increase the state's bottom line by encouraging more people to pursue high-paying jobs. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140714/dropping-top-tax-would-boost-state-coffers-analysis Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:41:00 +0200 dropping-top-tax-would-boost-state-coffers-analysis