Foreigners' Tax Scheme in Denmark
In 1992, a special taxation scheme was introduced in Denmark for high income foreigner who take up residence in Denmark for a limited period of time, this tax scheme also known as the preferential tax regime or special tax scheme in Denmark. It applicable to all foreigner who sign their contracts for work in Denmark after 1st of June 1991. When this scheme is first introduce, there is a special tax rate on labor earnings of 30% for a maximum period of up to 3 years (36 months). This Foreigners' Tax Scheme is almost twice lower than the regular tax rate where workers with earnings above the scheme threshold would need to paid average income tax rates of around 55% with the absent of the special tax scheme.
The scheme rate was dropped to 25% in 1995, however, a payroll tax of 8% was gradually phased in between year 1994 to 1997. The payroll tax is deductible in the regular income tax, the total scheme rate calculated as 31% from 1997 onwards. This make the total foreigners’ tax scheme rate roughly unchanged from the previous tax scheme rate.
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Develop the program, which accepts the gross pay and produces the amount of tax owed. For a gross pay of 100000 or less, the tax is 0%; for over 100000 and 300000 or less, the tax rate is 15%; and for any pay over 300000, the tax rate is 28%. Calculate tax pay and return the result to main method. Print the result in main method.
Employment income for residents and nonresidents -flat rate 10%. All the other income for residents is taxed at 10% and for nonresidents 20%;
According to the JLJ Group (2013), with the implementation of a new income tax law from January 1st 2008, companies who previously enjoyed reduced tax rates saw their income tax rate gradually rise to the standard 25% by 2012.That is to say, companies would not enjoy the precious preference tax treatment any more. In other words, the tax rates change depends on the unpredictable market.
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