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News from Denmark and the new Danish holiday act at a glance....
COVID-19| TAX & VAT-AID PACKAGE FOR DANISH BUSINESSES
On the 17th of March 2020, the Danish Parliament adopted yet another aid package to support Danish businesses. The new initiatives strengthen the liquidity of Danish companies and self-employed people. The tax-initiatives contain the following four measures to support the liquidity of small, mediu...
(Dansk) Samarbejde mellem Henckel & Witt og Rödl & Partner
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COVID-19 | MEASURES TAKEN BY THE DANISH GOVERNMENT TO SAFEGUARD DANISH JOBS
– The Danish government has decided on various measures to provide financial support to Danish employers and to counter impending layoffs. This includes state wage compensation and the reimbursement of daily sickness benefits for COVID-19 infected, which can be claimed under certain conditions...
COVID-19 | Liability of the company management
Even prior to the government-imposed restrictions on our freedom of movement, the coronavirus had already left its mark on the economy on the vast majority of businesses. The Government has adopted several measures to help the companies, but despite the postponement of deadlines for the payment of V...
COVID-19 | EASING OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE BASIS OF FORCE MAJEURE
The outbreak of COVID-19 affects all parts of the business economy – production and delivery of goods and services are delayed or made impossible because of the pandemic. Is COVID-19 a force majeure circumstance, that can lead to an easing of contractual obligations? What is force majeure? Force...
Attorney at law Christian Dalgaard Sanning – part of new debt collection panel
We are proud to present that our colleague, Attorney at Law Christian Dalgaard Sanning, has been admitted to the Danish Debt Collection Agency panel of lawyers. The panel consists of 277 lawyers spread across the country’ jurisdictions, who will be curating bankruptcy cases, where the public secto...
The annual waste administration fee has been abolished
We wish to inform you that the annual waste administration fee in Denmark has been abolished per January 1, 2019. The amendment of the Act will take effect from January 1, 2019 and in the future, Danish companies will not have to pay the annual fee, which typically amounts to approx. DKK 700 per yea...
Amendments of The Special Tax Scheme for Researchers and Other Highly Paid Employees (”forskerskatteordningen”)
Since 1992, Denmark has offered the Special Tax Scheme for Researcher and Other Highly Paid Employees, who are recruited from abroad. Until January 1, 2019, these rules have been complicated and costly, and Business Organizations have been asking for more simple and flexible terms, when applying the...
New rules provide greater freedom of contract for share option schemes
The bill amending the Danish Share Option Act was adopted on December 7, 2018. The amendment of the Act will enter into force on January 1, 2019. This means that there will be a greater freedom of contract between an employee and employer in connection with share option schemes. The new act w...