The servicefradrag is a Danish tax deduction for the labour cost of cleaning and window cleaning in your home or holiday home. It is worth approx. 26%, and you can deduct up to DKK 18,300 a year per person in the household. You must pay digitally, be able to document the work and report the amount to the Danish Tax Agency yourself.
Here's what counts, what doesn't, and exactly what to do — including when your cleaning is a regular arrangement.
What does the servicefradrag cover?
The deduction applies to ordinary cleaning and window cleaning when the work is carried out in your home. The same deduction also covers childcare, gardening and a few other household services, and they all count towards the same cap.
For cleaning, the Danish Tax Agency's list is specific:
- Washing and wiping surfaces in the home
- Cleaning toilets and bathrooms
- Vacuuming, floor washing and floor polishing
- Washing up, laundry and ironing
- Cleaning or washing carpets, curtains and blinds
- Window cleaning — both inside and outside
What doesn't it cover?
Only the labour cost qualifies — not materials. Beyond that, some situations fall outside:
- Cleaning you have paid for in cash
- Laundry, ironing and carpet cleaning that doesn't take place in your home
- Work done by someone who lives in the home themselves — an au pair, for example
- A holiday home that has been rented out for part of the year
- A year-round home you don't live in while the work is done — which is why move-out cleaning is a special case
Who can claim it?
Every person in the household can claim the deduction if they have turned 18 by the end of the year and are liable to pay tax in Denmark. It applies whether you own or rent your year-round home — as a renter you must pay for the work yourself and live in the home while it is done. For a holiday home, only the owner and the owner's spouse can claim it.
If you are spouses or cohabiting partners with shared finances, you can split the deduction regardless of who paid. Each of you reports your own share, and neither of you can claim more than the annual rate. If you have both a year-round home and a holiday home, the two share the same cap.
Payment and documentation
You must pay digitally — by card, MobilePay, bank transfer or inpayment form. Cash payments do not qualify, whatever the amount.
You must also be able to document the work — with an invoice when a business does the cleaning, or a written service declaration (serviceerklæring) when it is a private individual.
At Hilfr you pay by card and receive an invoice for every completed cleaning. The invoice shows the amount we have calculated as deductible labour cost, and Hilfr's CVR number (its Danish business registration number), which you use when reporting. Keep your invoices — they are your documentation.
How to report the deduction
Hilfr does not report for you — you enter the amount yourself in TastSelv (E-tax) at skat.dk:
- 1. Find the amount under Booking history on your profile. The figure is the year's total for the income year selected on the page, and covers the cleanings you have booked and paid for here on the platform. Cleanings from the old platform are not included. For those, the deductible amount is printed on the invoice itself, in the section about the servicefradrag — it is not the invoice total — and you must add it yourself.
- 2. Log on to TastSelv at skat.dk.
- 3. For the current year, choose the preliminary income assessment (Forskudsopgørelsen) and then Håndværkerfradrag og Servicefradrag. For last year, choose Change tax assessment notice/tax return (Ret årsopgørelsen/oplysningsskemaet).
- 4. Enter the amount under Servicefradrag (box 461).
When does the cleaning have to be paid?
Work carried out in one year must be paid before 1 March the following year to count for that year. If you pay later, you get the deduction in the year you paid.
The servicefradrag and regular cleaning: keep an eye on the cap
The cap of DKK 18,300 per person applies to the whole year. With a regular arrangement the labour cost adds up: at around 3 hours every fortnight, a year's labour cost is close to the cap for one person. A weekly arrangement of the same length doubles the labour cost, but the cap stays the same.
If you are two adults in the household, you each have your own cap. That is often the difference between getting the deduction for the whole year and for only part of it.
Under Booking history on your profile you can follow how much of the cap your cleanings here on the platform have used — cleanings from the old platform are not included.
Why can't you get the deduction for undeclared cleaning?
The servicefradrag requires digital payment and documentation — precisely to combat undeclared work. If you pay cash without an invoice, there's no deduction, and typically no insurance or rights for the person doing the cleaning either.
At Hilfr everything is documented: you pay by card, receive an invoice for every cleaning, and the person cleaning is employed under a collective agreement.
Still have questions? Find answers on our FAQ page — or see whether Hilfr covers your area.
