Is some of your income already withheld?

If some of your income is withheld, you automatically pay off your debt. The amount we may withhold depends on your income and whether you have dependent children. We call this withholding of pay.

Faster settlement = cheaper payment

You have to pay interest on your debt to public authorities that is subject to collection. This means that you pay to owe the money. The faster you pay off your debt, the cheaper it will be for you.

See the current interest rate.

View and pay your debt

You can get an overview of your debt and pay off your debt at Overview of my debt (Mit gældsoverblik - in Danish). You may have debt that you cannot see there.

Overview of your debt

How much of my income can be withheld?

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

Calculate your withholding rate

What is withholding of pay?

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.

Watch the video and read more about withholding of pay

If your income changes, your payment will also change

If your income is higher, for example, or you no longer need to support your children, we can withhold more.

How much you can pay by withholding of income

How long do I still have to pay?

You can use the indicative debt calculator to get an idea of when your debt will be paid off. You must enter how much you owe and a monthly installment payment.

Calculate when your debt will be paid off

Three things you can do

Please let us know if you have any comments that may change how much you have to pay. For example, your income may have changed, or you may have high medicine expenses.

If you have received a letter stating that your income may be withheld, you have 30 days to give us your comments, if we are to take them into account as from the first time your income is withheld.

You can also send your comments even if you are currently paying off your debt by withholding of income.

Call or write to us

The Danish Debt Collection Agency (Gældsstyrelsen) does not offer debt counselling. Instead, we advise you to find an independent debt counsellor. If your income is low and you have a low disposable amount, you may be eligible for free debt counselling.

Explore the options available on the Danish website of Vidensfunktionen (the Danish national knowledge centre for free, voluntary financial and debt counselling services):

Find debt counselling services

FAQ

Yes, at skat.dk you can see what we have withheld from your salary so far:

Log on at tastselv.skat.dk
Select Skatteoplysninger (Tax information)
In the list on the left-hand side, select Søg i Indkomstoplysninger (Search income information)
Under Lønindeholdelse (Withholding of pay), click on Vis evt. lønindeholdelse for år (Show any withholding of pay for the year)
Select Hent oplysning (Get information).

Faster settlement = cheaper payment

View and pay your debt

How much of my income can be withheld?

What is withholding of pay?

If your income changes, your payment will also change

How long do I still have to pay?

Three things you can do

Let us know about any changes in your finances

Get help to work out what you can pay

Get debt counselling

FAQ

Can you collect my debt in other ways, even if some of my income is withheld?

Can my employer see that some of my pay is being withheld?

What income can you withhold?

Can I see the amount withheld from my income?

You no longer withhold part of my income. Does this mean my debt has been cleared?