On 31 August 2020, the Government presented the draft Budget 2021 or Finance Bill 2021 to the Parliament. The Government’s proposal for a Finance Act for 2021 is marked by the corona pandemic, which continues to create both health and economic uncertainty in Denmark and around the world. The Finance Bill introduced a special corporate income tax rate for the financial sector. It also postponed the planned increases of the chocolate tax, consumption tax, coffee tax.
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