This fall, 300,000 Danes will receive tax returns from the Danish Tax Agency, but these will mostly be for small amounts, many of them less than five kroner, according to a press release from the agency. These returns will be sent as part of a broader tax cleanup operation targeting overdue taxes, particularly those related to vehicles for which taxes were not paid on time.
More messages on the way
Some citizens may receive more than one collection notice, especially if they have several overdue taxes, which means accruing interest on them.
Sending a message by digital mail costs approximately 30 euros (0.30 kronor).
Collecting amounts, even small ones
Rikki Pask Ginnerup, acting professional director at the Swedish Tax Agency, explained that some claims may be for less than five kronor, or even just one kronor. Nevertheless, the agency insists on collecting all amounts, no matter how small, stating: “We must collect everything that is owed, down to the last penny.”
Ginnerop added that the cost associated with sending these claims may sometimes exceed the amount to be collected, but no amount due, however small, can be overlooked.
Amounts due
According to the tax authority, the amounts due are distributed as follows:
- Less than 1 kroner: 35% of claims (total 140,000).
- Between 1 and 5 crowns: 30% of claims (total 120,000).
- Between 5 and 10 crowns: 15% of claims (total 60,000).
- Between 10 and 20 kroner: 10% of claims (total 40,000).
- Between 20 and 50 kroner: 5% of claims (total 20,000).
- More than 50 kroner: 5% of claims (total 20,000).
Source: Danish Tax Agency
