Tax on non-Danish assets and savings

When you move to Denmark, it is your duty to inform the Danish Tax Agency (Skattestyrelsen) of any assets or savings you have outside Denmark. These may be:

• life and pension assurances etc. - see form 49.020
• non-Danish property - see form 04.053

Guidance on how to complete the forms is available on the actual forms.

You will be taxed on your interest income and/or dividends when you move to Denmark. Your tax may be reduced if Denmark has entered into a double taxation agreement with the country you are leaving. 

Denmark has entered into double taxation agreements with a number of countries. These agreements have been made to ensure that the same income is not taxed in both Denmark and abroad.

Double taxation agreements (link to Danish site)