A substantial change in your salary is important, for example when:

• Your salary becomes higher or lower than DKK 577,174 in 2020 (DKK 558,043 in 2019) inclusive of labour market contributions (AM-bidrag)
• You pay top-bracket tax, and your salary increases.
• Your working hours are reduced if, for example, you go from working full time to part time.

You work

When you find a job, you need to change your preliminary income assessment:

1. Log on to E-tax (TastSelv)
2. Select ‘Nyt job' (New job) under ‘Oftest tilføjede felter' (Frequently added fields)
3. Enter your expected salary for the year in field 201
4. If you have received unemployment, sickness or parental leave benefits (dagpenge) or cash benefits (kontanthjælp), you need to correct the figure in field 304 (unemployment, sickness or parental leave benefits) or in field 216 (cash benefits) to what you expect to receive in total for the year.

You are unemployed

If you lose your job, you need to change your preliminary income assessment, as you are no longer entitled to an employment allowance. If you do not change your preliminary income assessment, you will pay too little tax, despite your income being lower than before.

1. Log on to E-tax (TastSelv)
2. Select ‘Arbejdsløs' (Unemployed) under ‘Oftest tilføjede felter' (Frequently added fields).
3. Enter what you expect to receive in unemployment, sickness or parental leave benefits (dagpenge) in field 304 or cash benefits (kontanthjælp) in 216 for all of the year.
4. If you have been paid a salary, you should correct the amount in field 201 to match your expected salary for the year.

You start or stop receiving the state education grant (SU)

Read more about the state education grant (SU) and tax

You retire or take voluntary early retirement

When you stop working you should change your preliminary income assessment to pay the right amount of tax:

1. Log on to E-tax (TastSelv)
2. Select 'På pension/efterløn' (Retirement/voluntary early retirement) under 'Oftest tilføjede felter' (Frequently added fields)
3. Enter your expected pension/early retirement benefits for the year.
4. Remember to correct your expected salary in field 201.

If your spouse or live-in partner receives social pension, you should not change your preliminary income assessment until the day you actually retire. If you do it this way, the calculation of social pension for you and your spouse or live-in partner will be more accurate.

Read more about pension and early retirement benefits

Employment allowance

Everybody who earns a salary (including wage subsidiary) has an employment allowance. The allowance is calculated automatically when you change your salary in your preliminary income assessment.

Read more about employment allowance

Remember to deduct your transport between home and work

If, for example, you change jobs or if you stop working, you need to remember to change your deduction for transport between home and work in field 417.

You are entitled to the deduction if you travel more than 12 km to work.

Read more about deduction for transport between home and work