Servicefradrag 2026 for cleaning: DKK 18,300 per person

The 2026 rates

The servicefradrag covers household services — cleaning, window cleaning, childcare and gardening. They share the same cap. For cleaning, the key figures in 2026 are:

• Deduction cap: DKK 18,300 per person over 18 in the household (DKK 17,500 in 2025)
• Tax value: about 26% — so you save a good quarter of the wage cost
• The deduction applies only to labour costs — not materials or travel
• If there are two adults in the household, you each have your own deduction — up to DKK 36,600 combined

Danish Tax Agency: household services (servicefradrag)

What does it mean for a regular arrangement?

Let's run the numbers. If you have regular cleaning for 2 hours every fortnight, you pay around DKK 12,000 a year in deductible labour cost at the collective agreement's minimum wage. With a tax value of about 26%, that gives you a little over DKK 3,000 back.

At 3 hours every fortnight, the year's labour cost sits around the cap of DKK 18,300. Once you reach the cap, you get approx. DKK 4,750 back — one person cannot get more in a year. If your cleaner sets a higher hourly wage, you reach the cap sooner. If you are two adults, you each have your own cap — up to DKK 36,600 combined.

Put another way: the real hourly price of legal cleaning is noticeably lower than the one you see on the invoice. That's worth keeping in mind when comparing with an undeclared cash rate — which comes with no deduction, no invoice and no insurance.

Only labour costs count — and Hilfr handles that for you

A classic pitfall is reporting the full invoice amount. The deduction applies only to the labour cost. At Hilfr you don't have to work it out yourself: under Booking history on your profile, we have calculated the deductible labour cost for the income year selected on the page, ready to enter at skat.dk (the Danish tax authority). Cleanings from the old platform are not included in that figure.

When does a payment count for 2026?

Cleaning carried out in 2026 counts for 2026 when it is paid before 1 March 2027. If you pay later, you get the deduction in the year you paid.

In TastSelv you report the amount under Servicefradrag (box 461): on the preliminary income assessment (Forskudsopgørelsen) while 2026 is the current year, and under Change tax assessment notice/tax return (Ret årsopgørelsen/oplysningsskemaet) once the year has ended.

The deduction was made to fight undeclared work

The servicefradrag was introduced precisely to move cleaning and other household services out of the shadow economy and into the legal one. The requirement for digital payment and documentation means the deduction can only be used when tax is paid on the work — and when the person cleaning has rights.

So when you use your servicefradrag, you're not just saving money. You're also helping make cleaning a real job with pension, holiday pay and insurance. We think that's a pretty good deal.