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Is there cash assistance available? Who is eligible? How does someone apply?

Child support is available. Amounts differ widely depending on personal circumstances and are detailed here .

There are two types of benefits: child benefits are available to all, and child allowance is reserved for single parents. Please see more information here . Moreover, you can get maternity leave paid by the municipality. The municipality also has special programs for new mothers. The municipality will provide you with more information and put you in a group with new and expecting families.

Amounts differ widely depending on personal circumstances and are detailed here .

Each adult who receives temporary protection will receive a monthly cash allowance equivalent to $800 in local currency.

To be eligible for unemployment benefits you must have a permanent address. You must also be looking for a job. You can apply for benefits at the citizen service here .

When you are granted unemployment benefits you will weekly be called in for conversation/interviews with a job adviser at the โ€œJobcenterโ€ in order to get you employed.

How do I set up a bank account?

You can go to a bank to open a bank account. The bank has to verify your identity. Therefore, you need to present your health insurance card which contains your CPR number which is required to open your bank account. Some banks will also ask for your passport

How do I withdraw cash or exchange my currencies?

You can withdraw money from an ATM. To exchange cash, you can go the Currency Exchange Offices or to a bank.

How do I pay taxes in a country?

If you have a job, you need a tax card to pay the correct amount of taxes. You can make your tax card here . You must report on the expected income from your new job.

If you work abroad while staying in Denmark, you will normally be tax liable in Denmark. In this case you need to get the tax card made as well.

When moving to Denmark you must also inform the tax authorities about your foreign properties and income from abroad (e.g., real estate, pension, stocks etc.). Passive foreign income also falls under taxation in Denmark.

You must also establish a Nemkonto to get benefits from the state. Nemkonto is the account where the state will pay benefits. You can make your Nemkonto using either a Danish or a Ukrainian bank account here .

When you have established a Nemkonto and made a tax card, the taxes should get paid automatically and correctly.

If I already work remotely, how should I pay my taxes?

If you work remotely while staying in Denmark, you will normally be tax liable in Denmark. In this case you need to get the tax card made as well.

When moving to Denmark you must also inform the tax authorities about your foreign properties and income from abroad (e.g., real estate, pension, stocks etc.). Passive foreign income also falls under taxation in Denmark.

You must also establish a Nemkonto to get benefits from the state. Nemkonto is the account where the state will pay benefits. You can make your Nemkonto using either a Danish or a Ukrainian bank account here .

When you have established a Nemkonto and made a tax card, the taxes should get paid automatically and correctly.

How to avoid double taxation?

There is an ingenious, but not perfect, solution โ€” to prove to the tax authority of the state in which the citizen does not plan to pay taxes that he is a resident of another country where he fulfills this duty.

A natural person has such a right, as Ukraine has valid conventions and treaties on the avoidance of double taxation with 73 countries of the world. Among them are almost all European countries, as well as the USA and Canada. According to these conventions, Ukrainians who pay taxes in Ukraine have the right to avoid taxation in the country of residence.

If such a situation arises in which a citizen falls under the criteria of a tax resident of Ukraine and at the same time another state defines him as its resident, he has the right to contact the tax authorities of the country of residence and make a request to the Ukrainian tax authorities to confirm that he pays taxes.

That is, in order to prevent double taxation, it is necessary to determine the resident status of an individual and, if necessary, obtain a document that will confirm it. But this may require the help of specialists - tax consultants or lawyers. Specialists advise in advance to collect evidence of the presence of a center of economic interests in Ukraine (if you plan to pay taxes only in Ukraine).

Among them may be:

  • certificate of payment of taxes in Ukraine;
  • certificate of tax resident of Ukraine (soon to be available in electronic form);
  • actual place of registration in Ukraine;
  • evidence of the presence of an individual entrepreneur registered in Ukraine (registration documents and tax declarations);
  • certificates of current accounts in Ukrainian banks;
  • certificates about the child's attendance at educational institutions in Ukraine;
  • receipts for the payment of utility bills.

If a citizen of Ukraine is recognized as a resident of Ukraine, but paid taxes in another country, the taxes paid can be credited in Ukraine. But if a person does not meet the criteria of a resident of Ukraine, it allows to change the tax resident status and consider another country as the place of tax payment.

It is important to check the registration of a natural person as a subject of entrepreneurial activity in the Unified State Register. Even if the activity has not been carried out for a long time, but the registration has not been terminated, this is a criterion for recognizing a person as a resident of Ukraine, which is accompanied by the obligation to pay taxes on income received abroad in Ukraine.

Being a citizen of Ukraine, but a tax NON-resident, you will still have to pay taxes in Ukraine for some types of income:

  • when receiving inheritance and gifts from persons who are not relatives of the 1st and 2nd degrees of kinship;
  • when receiving an investment profit;
  • when selling/leasing immovable and movable property to a natural person.

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How can I send money back to Ukraine?

You can transfer money from Denmark to Ukraine via an international transfer or money transfer at a corresponding provider or a bank.

For an international transfer at the bank you have to fill out a special form and usually pay fees. Other special money transfer providers (e.g. Western Union, Moneygram, Wise, Revolut, Paypal) are often a cheaper and faster alternative.