Withholding of income

You will receive a letter from us before some of your income is withheld. The letter will inform you of how much will be withheld, and which debt this concerns. The letter will also state that you have 30 days to comment on our information. You will then either get a new letter that takes your comments into account, or a letter stating that we are now starting to withhold some of your income. We will continue to withhold income until your debt is paid off.

You must pay a fee of DKK 300 if we start to withhold some of your income. 

We calculate what you can pay based on what we know about your finances, such as whether you have children you must support, and what your income is. You can read how we determine how much of your income should be withheld at:

Calculation page

You can see your total withholding rate, which is your tax rate and income withholding rate, on your payslip or payment summary. You can also see your total withholding rate at skat.dk, on:

your preliminary income assessment

Yes, we can collect your debt in several ways at the same time. For example, we can

• set off your debt against payments from public authorities, such as overpaid tax.
• levy execution against your assets, such as an inheritance or real estate, to sell these assets in order to reduce your debt.

After the introduction of new rules for this area, we can withhold income from more taxpayers. Although you may have had debt for a long time, it is only now that some of your income can be withheld. 

The debt paid off by withholding some of your income may be stated in debt statements in various letters you have received from us. You can always get a complete overview of your debt by contacting us.

The debt for which some of your income is withheld may change

In special cases, the balance of your debt may change along the way. This may happen if:

• the authority for which we collect the money changes a debt item
• a payment has been moved from one debt item to another
• part of the debt becomes unresolved and therefore cannot be paid until we have investigated it further. Once we have made the debt ready for payment, it will once again be added to your withheld pay. You will be notified of this.

Even if there is a change in the debt for which your income is withheld, we will continue to withhold the same percentage of your income.

You may be asked to pay outstanding debt

Outstanding debt can arise if, for example, there are changes in the amount withheld from your income. This may be the case if there has been an error in the income paid out. You will be notified if you have to pay outstanding debt.

You can get interest compensation

In some cases, you may receive interest compensation. This is due to technical differences in how we record the payment of your debt.