Denmark’s Taxation Minister, Rasmus Stoklund, has confirmed the ‘special tax’ on the Danish financial sector, including pensions, is “here to stay”, despite calls for it to be scrapped.

Stoklund told European Pensions that he is a “strong supporter” of the Arne pension – the country’s early retirement pension launched in 2021 and funded through the ‘special tax'




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