Exporting vehicles
When you export your vehicle and deregister it from the Danish Register of Motor Vehicles, you may be entitled to a tax refund of part of the original registration tax. Processing time for vehicle valuation is approx. 9 weeks.
Please note that you will only be informed about the size of the export refund when you export the motor vehicle. If you simply want to know the size of the export refund, you can apply for a binding ruling.
Estimate registration tax in the Danish Register of Motor Vehicles
Follow the 5 steps below when you want to export your car and apply for an export refund.
If you are to export a motor vehicle, your motor vehicle must undergo an extended registration inspection (registration inspection and customs inspection) at a vehicle inspection centre.
The inspection should have been performed within the past four weeks when you request the vehicle valuation.
Find inspection centre - in Danish, but you can enter your post code in the search field and you will see the nearest inspection centres.
You must request a valuation of your vehicle from the Danish Motor Vehicle Agency. The valuation fee is DKK 2,250. You will be asked to pay the fee by credit card when you request the valuation.
- Log on to 'Motorregistret' (Register of Motor Vehicles)
- Select Motor (Motor) - Motorregisteret (Register of Motor Vehicles) - Registreringsafgift (Registration tax) - Anmod om værdifastsættelse (Request a valuation)
- Enter the registration certificate codes (RAK-koder) or control digits from the registration certificate
- Fill out the required information and click Godkend (Accept)
- You will receive confirmation that the payment has been made. Click Fortsæt (Continue).
- You will receive a receipt with a reference number. You need the reference number for step 4 below.
You can request to cancel a previous valuation application if you receive a message in the Motor Register stating that the vehicle cannot be submitted because another active application is already being processed. Use this form to cancel the request:
Cancellation of previous vehicle valuation request (in Danish only)
If you don’t have MitID or are exempt from Digital Post
You can apply either digitally or by post.
Digitally
- Go to Contact and click the button Without logging on.
- Select Motor vehicles → Exporting a vehicle.
- Write a message requesting a valuation.
- Attach the registration certificate and documentation showing you are the owner.
- Complete the form and click Send.
By post
Send a letter with a copy of the registration certificate and documentation showing you own the vehicle to:
Danish Motor Vehicle Agency
Nykøbingvej 76
Building 45
4990 Sakskøbing
Denmark
Please note: The Danish Motor Vehicle Agency may require the vehicle to be inspected. If selected, you will normally receive the inspection request within 14 days of submitting your application for export refund. However, the agency may request an inspection at any time.
Find a number plate operator (only in Danish, but if you enter your postal code, the ones nearest you will be shown on the screen).
We need you to submit the following:
- Documentation that you are the owner of the vehicle if you are not listed in Danish Register of Motor Vehicles. Such documentation could be a bill of sale, a purchase invoice or similar.
- Documentation of sale if the vehicle is sold in connection with the export. Such documentation could be a purchase agreement, a bill of sale.
- Documentation of the actual export, e.g. registration abroad, CMR consignment note, or export declaration. Please note that the vehicle must be documented as exported no later than three months after the request for valuation. As part of the export documentation, you can use the declaration “Export and acknowledgement of receipt of motor vehicle". You may also prepare your own declaration, as long as it contains the same information as the Danish Motor Vehicle Agency’s declaration. Please note that the declaration only serves as supplementary documentation proving that the vehicle has been exported from Denmark.
For further information in Danish about documentation requirements see our legal guide: I.A.1.6 Eksportgodtgørelse..
Send the documentation to: motorekspedition@motorst.dk. Enter 'Eksport’ (Export) and the reference number from your receipt on the documentation and in the subject field in the email.
You will receive our decision in E-tax for individuals (TastSelv Borger) under 'Meddelelser fra Motorregistret' (Messages from the Danish Register of Motor Vehicles) or in the 'Meddelelsesarkivet' (Message archive) in E-tax for businesses (TastSelv Erhverv).
We will pay the registration tax refund into your NemKonto. It takes approximately nine weeks from the time we have received complete documentation.
The Danish Tax Agency (Skatteforvaltningen) may offset any outstanding public debt before paying out the export refund.
The Danish Tax Agency may also suspend the payment deadline for up to six months from the date you applied for the export refund if it is necessary to verify whether you owe money to public authorities.
The refund corresponds to the vehicle registration tax payable if the same vehicle was imported minus 15%.
However, for passenger cars a minimum of DKK 8,500 will be deducted, and for vans and motor bikes the minimum is DKK 4,500.
Registration tax refunds are not available for:
- Vehicles that have lost their tax identity (loss of ID) due to, for example, reconstruction and therefore would have to be re-registered for use in Denmark.
- Vehicles damaged in road traffic accidents and which cannot be rebuilt under the rules of tax-free rebuilding or cannot be exempted from tax following repairs. No refunds are given for export of damaged vehicles.
- Vehicles of more than 35 years counted as from the first date of registration (vintage cars).
- Vehicles that are not in a registerable condition (for example due to damage, state of maintenance, etc.) and therefore are not suitable for inspection and authorised for use in Denmark.
Equipment fitted after payment of registration tax is not refundable either. In that case, no registration tax has been paid on the equipment.
Security interest over the vehicle
The Danish Motor Vehicle Agency will reject your request if a charge (security) on your vehicle is registered in the Danish Motor Vehicle Securities Register (Bilbogen) at the time of your export refund request. If your request is rejected due to a registered charge in the Danish Motor Vehicle Securities Register, your fee will be refunded.
For further legal information in Danish see our legal guide .