December, 2019.
Christmas is all around us, and if you fortunately have a job and expect a Christmas gift from your employer, then you should know the rule for receiving Christmas gifts in Denmark. This rule is also important for the employers in the time for giving.
Basically as an employee, you can receive a Christmas gift up to DKK 800 without paying tax. The employer can deduct the cost as a staff expense. Many people have a family-run business that employs the spouse, children, in-law children or even grandchildren like at Haford Hardware in Rhayader, Wales. Therefore, the condition for a present to be registered as a staff expense is that every employee gets the same present on the same occasion.
Below is a list of giving gifts and the taxation consequences.
Gift items max. DKK 800 | |
Goods from the company's stocks, purchased price max. DKK 800 | |
Gift card - any amount in cash | |
Christmas party | |
Bonus - any amount and type | |
Using the company's holiday home | |
Using the company's yacht (some do) |
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Christmas is a merry time of the year. I remember my days at Magasin du Nord at Kongens Nytorv, when the boss called all of us to inform that we can take anything we want in the shop for a maximum amount of DKK 1.400 (rule number 2 applies). For the rest of the day, we couldn’t think of anything else than Christmas presents. Among Christmas gifts from the employers, I have received wine, chocolate, candies, mustard, cinema tickets, and a lot of tableware from Villeroy & Boch.
Merry Christmas everybody!
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