Overview of tax-advantaged pension schemes

Give yourself an overview of tax-advantaged pension plans and learn how to use it

Oversigt

We have shown below an overview of limits on deductive/exclusion rights for savings on tax-advantaged pension plans. The overview is valid for the income year 2021 and 2022.

1. Pension plans with deductions and tax on disbursement.


Deduction/exemption right *)Taxation of the return
Taxation on withdrawal
Lifetime pension savingsNo limit of amount15,3 %Tax/duty
Life-long annuity is paid as a lump sumDeductions of a maximum of DKK 58,100 are distributed over 10 years15,3 %Tax/duty
Life-long annuity is paid every year over 10 yearsDeduction of a maximum of DKK 58,100 in the year due15,3 %Tax/duty
Installment pension/installment insurance and lapse annuityMax. 63.100 kr.15,3 %Tax/duty
Extra deduction only for 2024
Value = 12% of max. DKK 80,600 x 0.12 = DKK 9,672.
More than 15 years to retirement ageUp to DKK 80,60015,3 %Tax/duty
Extra deduction only for 2024
Value = 32% af max DKK. 80.600 = DKK 25.792.
15 years or less until retirement ageUp to DKK 80,60015,3 %Tax/duty

*NB! Deduction assumes full tax liability to DK. The right of exclusion presupposes that these are employer-management arrangements in which wage income is taxable to Denmark. No opt-out is granted for AM contributions (e.g. for 2022:64,348 - 5,148 = 59,200)

2. Age savings without deduction and without tax on disbursement

Below are shown pension schemes in which the deposit is made from taxed funds.

FradragIngen fradrag og indbetaling op til
Beskatning af afkastetBeskatning ved udbetaling
Mere end 5 år til pensionsalderen

kr 5.400 (2021)
kr. 5.500 (2022)

15,3%Ingen skat/afgift
5 år eller mindre til pensionsalderen

kr. 52.400 (2021)
kr. 54.200 (2022)

15,3%Ingen skat/afgift

3. § 53A Schemes

These schemes are also subject to the payment being made from taxed funds and typically include foreign pension schemes which meet the conditions of section 53A of the PBL. In practice, these schemes are mostly used for posting and posting.

OrdningFradrag/-bortseelsesret
Beskatning af afkastetBeskatning ved udbetaling
Andre ordninger; Herunder syge og ulykkesforsikring og uafdækkede direktør-ordninger

Ingen fradrag/bortseelsesret **

Op til 42% og lagerbeskatningIngen skat/afgift

**NB! No taxation on payment unless there has been a right of deduction/exclusion abroad

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