News from Denmark and new initiatives for control of companies.

On 12 May 2020, the Danish parliament adopted a proposed control package, which entails a number of changes to Danish company law, including the Danis...

The new holiday act has been in effect since 1 September 2020

Advance holiday, holiday period, frozen holiday pay? The new vacation law contains some new terms and rules that you should know about. To make it eas...

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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 liqu...

(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 ...

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 maj...

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 be...

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 o...

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 e...

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,...

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...

New Danish Property Assessments

On October 31, 2018, the new public property assessments were postponed. Therefore, there will be new indicative property assessments for homeowners i...

Proposal of a new Danish Share Option Act with significant changes and new rules on taxation of employee shares

On 3 October 2018, the Ministry of Employment submitted a bill to amend the Danish Share Option Act so that employers and employees have greater freed...

Changes to the Danish Companies Act

On 1 July 2018, several amendments to the Danish Companies Act came into force. The new rules mean, among other things, a change in the capital requir...

Increase in fines for foreign companies not registered in the RUT register

From 1 July 2018, it became possible for the Working Environment Authority to issue daily fines of at least DKK 1,500 to foreign companies that have n...