Avoid a tax bill - check and change your preliminary income assessment

The preliminary income assessment (forskudsopgørelse) is a kind of budget of your expected income and tax for the coming year.

Has your life changed over the past year?
It's a good idea to change your preliminary income assessment when your personal or financial situation changes.
See examples of such situations here
Check the various deductions and find out if you are entitled to one or more of them.

When you update/correct your assessment, you manage your tax affairs:
flueben You avoid a tax bill in your 2025 tax assessment notice
flueben You pay the right tax each month
flueben You get the right deductions
flueben Your tax card will be adjusted

See and change your tax assessment notice

Do you own a home?

For the first time ever, you can see your total property tax in your preliminary income assessment in 2024 as your land tax is integrated in the assessment. From 1 January 2024, we will collect both your land tax and your property value tax.

Can you get a deduction for travel between home and work?

Don't forget to enter your deduction for travel between home and work in field 417 in your preliminary income assessment.
You can claim the deduction if you have 24 km or more in total (back and forth) to your workplace where you have a paid job. Check to see if the distance you travel entitles you to a deduction. And state the number of days you expect to travel to work.

See examples of situations where you have to make the corrections yourself. Use the guide in the fields in E-tax (TastSelv).

Any changes in your personal or financial situation? Select one or more situations relevant to you

When your income changes

Don't forget to change your preliminary income assessment when your salary changes or if you begin to receive benefits of a kind, including pension and early retirement benefits. After you have made the relevant changes, we will generate a new tax card for you and send it to your employer or other provider.

Are you young or a student?

Let us help you with your preliminary income assessment with our short Danish step-by-step guides for young people og students.

Go to skat.dk/ung to read more in Danish

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Learn more about the preliminary income assessment

Your preliminary income assessment (forskudsopgørelsen) is a kind of budget of your expected income and tax for 2024.

Get more information and see examples of situations when you will have to change your preliminary income assessment

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