Income-based subsidy

You can get an income-based subsidy, if your child attends a municipal daycare and the total household income is below DKK 622,200 before tax.

If your child does not have an address in the City of Copenhagen, you must apply for income-based subsidy in the municipality where your child has an address.

You can get an income-based subsidy if your child attends a municipal daycare and the total household income is below DKK 622.200 before tax.

In 2024, the income limits for income-based subsidies are: Household income up to and including DKK 200.300 before tax: full exemption. Household income between DKK 200.300 and DKK 622.199 before tax: partial exemption. Household income DKK 622.200 or more before tax: full parental payment. For each child living at home under the age of 18 - in addition to the first child living at home - the income limits are increased by DKK 7.000. For single parents, the income limits are increased by DKK 70.089.

No, the subsidy comes with the child, and you only have to apply for income-based subsidy again if there are changes in your family circumstances or your household income. 

The municipality receives automatic notifications from the Danish Tax Agency (SKAT) every month, if the income for you or your spouse/cohabitant changes. If the change has an impact on your income-based subsidy, your parental payment will be adjusted automatically for the month in question.

Your parental payment is continuously recalculated, both if your income rises or falls by at least five steps on the free space scale in relation to the income for which you have been granted income-based subsidy. The 5 steps correspond to a change in income of DKK 1,850 per month.

Your parental payment is continuously recalculated, both if your income rises or falls by at least five steps on the free space scale in relation to the income for which you have been granted free space. The 5 steps correspond to a change in income of DKK 1.850 per month.