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Wages and Tax

In Denmark it is obligatory to pay tax when you work or have an income. Denmark is known for its high level of taxation, but generally we also have a higher level of wages and salaries than in many other countries.

In return for the high level of taxation, we also have a well-functioning society with a number of welfare benefits. For more information, go to TAX AND WELFARE.  

When you have had a job you must have a tax assessment notice, which your employer needs in order to be able to automatically deduct tax, before wages or salaries are being paid out. From your payslip you will be able to see tax deduction which your employer will forward to tax under MOVING - STEP BY STEP and under TAX ASSESSMENT NOTICE you will be able to see how you can get a tax assessment notice and what it contains.

In Denmark wages and salaries are no longer paid out in cash. You therefore need a bank account to which your employer needs to transfer payment of wages. Under BANK ACCOUNT/DANKORT you can see how to set up a bank account.

 

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 Foto: Hvide Sande Service Group

The Chinnow family

 
German family:

Good working conditions leaving room for a family life close to the North Sea

In 2019 the Chinnow family moved from Löbau in Germany to Hvide Sande in Denmark. Four years later the family is not in doubt: -We’ll stay here!

The couple Dagmar and Udo are working at the local companies, Hvide Sande Røgeri and Danwest, and they both see the career opportunities as one of the really big gains of having moved to Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune. Here they have been able to let go of their previous worries about job safety and fair pay, and last year their dream of buying their own house came true. 

The two children, Pauline and Pepe, are also happy about having moved to Hvide Sande. They like their new school and appreciate the Danish school system with less tests and more variety during the day. 

In Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune the family has found both tranquility, a house, career opportunities, and new friends. When the holiday makers have to go back after 1-2 weeks’ holiday all four of them are pleased that they can stay and fulfil more dreams in the middle between the North Sea and Ringkøbing Fjord.

The Chinnow family - Read the full story here

Charlotte and Ian

 
Danish/English couple:

Wish of living the good life

”Above all, we just wanted to be together and live the good life. We love being together” says the Danish/English couple Charlotte and Ian Coles who have settled down in an idyllic old farm house at Kloster, halfway between the Ringkøbing Fjord and the Stadil Fjord and close to the town of Ringkøbing.

It is not surprising that the couple had a wish of the good life in peaceful surroundings with lots of nature. Ian was a Major in the British Army, which meant the couple had moved around military bases in England and Germany for years. Ian had also been deployed close to the world’s war zones, leaving Charlotte alone and suffering months of deprivation during their first year in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality.

They bought the old farmhouse overlooking the Stadil Fjord in 2013, and Charlotte moved in full-time, while Ian could only come home as work allowed. But now the good life has really started as Ian retired this summer.

Ian is 48 years old and he has just landed a job with Vestas - the wind turbine manufacturer – as a Project Training Leader. 

Charlotte and Ian - Read the full story here