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Withholding of income

If you have debt to the public sector, some of your income may be withheld, so less money is paid out to you. The extra money is used to pay off your debt. We call this withholding of pay.

Understand withholding of income in one minute

Watch the video and read more on this page.

(The video is only available in Danish)

Is some of your income already withheld?

Get answers to what you can do when you are paying off your debt by withholding of income.

How do you calculate my withholding rate?

We calculate how much you are to pay based on your income and what we know about your finances, such as whether you have children.

View and pay your debt

Get an overview of your debt at Overview of my debt (Mit gældsoverblik - in Danish). You may have debt that you cannot see there. Contact us for a full debt overview.

Have you received a letter about withholding part of your income?

You have 30 days to submit your comments on your new withholding rate, if we are to take them into account as from the first time your income is withheld.

Call or write to us

Before withholding of income: You pay tax before you get any money paid out. After withholding of income: You pay tax and repay debt before you get any money paid out.

You will be paid less

We withhold part of, for example, your pay, unemployment, sickness or maternity/paternity benefits (dagpenge), state education grant (SU) or pension. You will therefore get less paid out. The extra money is used to pay off your debt.

You therefore pay tax and repay your debt before you receive any money. Some of your income is withheld until the debt has been paid.

When some of your income is withheld, you automatically pay off your debt.

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How much of my income can be withheld?

You can use the indicative debt calculator to get an idea of how much income can be withheld.

Calculate your withholding rate (in Danish)

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Three things you can do

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