Skatteforvaltningen (Danish Tax Administration) Due Diligence

Run due diligence on Skatteforvaltningen (Danish Tax Administration): check compliance and get alerts when suppliers or ownership change.

Denmark · owned by Skatteministeriet (Ministry of Taxation, Denmark) (Denmark) · skat.dk · 12 vendors

Skatteforvaltningen is the Danish Tax Administration, the official government body responsible for collecting taxes, duties, and customs in Denmark. It operates through 7 specialized agencies including Skattestyrelsen (Tax Agency), Toldstyrelsen (Customs Agency), Motorstyrelsen, and others. The skat.dk website serves as the digital self-service portal for citizens and businesses to manage tax returns, deductions, and other tax-related matters.

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Last updated 2026-09-13 · revision 3

12 direct vendors, 166 subvendors

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Compliance

4 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

GDPR (source) — Evidence found

Evidence: https://skat.dk/sikkerhed/privatlivspolitik-og-cookies/privatlivspolitik-skatteforvaltningen, https://skatteforvaltningen.dk/om-databeskyttelsesraadgiveren

ISO 27001 (source) — No public evidence

NIS2 (source) — No public evidence

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Financial Resilience Score: 9/10

Skatteforvaltningen is a Danish state administration funded directly through the Danish Finance Act (Finansloven §9), giving it effectively sovereign-grade financial resilience. As a government agency, it does not face commercial solvency or liquidity risks in the corporate sense; its funding is backed by the Danish state and approved by the Folketing. There is strong political consensus on continued funding to rebuild capacity following the SKAT scandal era and to support ongoing digital modernisation programmes. Despite the strong financial backing, the agency carries significant operational, IT-modernisation, and reputational risks. The legacy of the 2015 dividend tax fraud scandal (udbytteskandalen, ~12.7 bn DKK estimated loss), repeated cost overruns and delays in major IT programmes (EFI debt collection system abandonment, property valuation system delays), and a multi-hundred-billion-DKK ledger of public-sector receivables with low realisation rates at Gældsstyrelsen all represent persistent challenges. These have repeatedly required additional appropriations from the Folketing, but do not threaten the agency's existence or funding.

Key strengths: Direct funding through Danish Finance Act with sovereign backing, Effectively zero solvency or liquidity risk as a state authority, Strong political consensus on continued funding increases since 2017, Manages collection of the vast majority of Danish state revenue, Operating appropriation has grown to over DKK 10 bn annually, Headcount rebuilt significantly above 2016-2017 lows

Risk factors: Legacy IT debt and costly system replacement programmes, EFI debt-collection system abandoned at heavy cost, Property valuation system repeated delays and cost overruns, Reputation and audit risk from 2015 dividend-tax fraud scandal (~12.7 bn DKK loss), Ongoing litigation from udbytteskandalen, Rigsrevisionen criticism of multiple programmes, Multi-hundred-billion-DKK debt collection backlog at Gældsstyrelsen with low realisation rates, Public dissatisfaction with property revaluation rollout

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