Denmark revenue in
Denmark collected in public revenue in . The biggest streams were personal income tax, VAT, and the labour market contribution.
Personal income tax
VAT and payroll tax
Other revenue
The donut chart shows how the total is split across Denmark's main revenue categories in .
A server-rendered overview of every main revenue category, with amounts and shares of the total budget.
| Category | Amount (bn DKK) | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Personal income tax | ||
| VAT and payroll tax | ||
| Labour market contribution | ||
| Corporate tax | ||
| Excise duties and customs | ||
| Property and housing tax | ||
| Other revenue | ||
| Total |
Revenue rose from in to in , while the broad mix stayed centered on income tax and VAT.
Three of the most important sourced parts of the Danish tax system: turnover taxes, property taxes, and layered income taxes.
Spotlight: VAT
Denmark's standard VAT rate is , one of the core engines of the tax system. In turnover taxes raised , or of all public revenue.
Spotlight: Housing tax
Property and housing taxes raised in . The sourced split is between property value tax and the broader group of recurrent property taxes recorded in the tax statistics.
Housing taxes are much smaller than VAT or income tax, but they are anchored in taxable property values rather than day-to-day consumption. That makes them important for balancing the overall mix of Danish revenues.
Spotlight: Income tax
Personal income tax raised , and the separate labour market contribution added another . For many workers, the path looks like AM-bidrag first, then bundskat, topskat for the highest incomes, and finally kommuneskat.
Paid first on gross labour income before the ordinary income taxes are calculated.
State bottom tax on income above the personal allowance of DKK .
Additional state tax on income above roughly DKK after AM-bidrag.
Municipal income tax varies by municipality; the sourced nationwide average is used here.
