COPENHAGEN: If you haven’t paid your taxes from last year, you better hurry up, because Wednesday July 1 is your last chance before the interest rate almost doubles.
So far this year, only 160,000 Danes have repaid their tax debt, leaving over 790,000 still due to pay. “If you have the money in your bank account, it is a smart investment to pay off your taxes now instead of waiting until after July 1,” tax adviser Søren Bech told TV2.
If you pay after July 1, the amount owed will increase from 2.9 percent to 4.9 percent, which is equivalent to 7.4 percent before tax. Figures reveal that the 790,000 Danes each owe an average of 6,203kr, which means that they will have to pay an extra 304kr because of the increased interest rate.
