Heating supplement and income limits for pensions have been raised
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om social pension (førtidspension, seniorpension og folkepension)
In short
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- The income limits for the heating supplement and the standard deduction have been raised from the 2023 level to the 2025 level.
- The limit at which the municipality can consider making the disability pension suspended has also been raised.
- The rules on what income from personal work consists of have been rewritten.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2025.
- Parts of the executive order apply from 1 September 2017 for persons who reach the state pension age on 1 September 2017 or later.
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The calculation basis for the heating supplement can be at most 30,400 DKK per year. Before, the limit was 25,800 DKK. The personal co-payment for single pensioners is now 6,000 DKK. Before, it was 5,600 DKK. The supplement now covers 3/4 of the calculation basis up to 18,300 DKK. Before, the limit was 15,600 DKK.
The standard deduction for electricity is now 4,900 DKK for single persons. Before, it was 4,200 DKK. The standard deduction for gas is now 1,000 DKK for single persons. Before, it was 800 DKK.
The municipality can consider whether the disability pension should be made suspended when income from work over a longer period exceeds 241,572 DKK per year. The limit was previously 224,640 DKK.
A new list has been added of what income from personal work consists of. It includes, among other things, income subject to labour market contributions, profits and losses from self-employment, and wages earned on ships in the Danish International Ship Register. The earlier description of what income from personal work includes has been removed. The rule on deducting certain expenses for income from one's own business outside the business scheme has also been removed.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
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- Issued · 22 November 2024
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 26 November 2024
- In force · 1 January 2025