Export refund · 2026 rates

How much tax do you get back when the car is exported?

When a Danish car leaves the country, Motorstyrelsen pays back part of the registration tax. Work out the export refund the way Motorstyrelsen does, with deadlines and documents.

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  1. 1Enter the car
  2. 2Add 3 dealer adverts
  3. 3See the amount, deadlines and documents

1The car

Type the number plate or the VIN (17 characters). Fetches the first registration, CO2 and mileage from Motorregistret — and the car’s condition and inspection date when the register has them. The new price, the tax paid and any export decision come from Motorstyrelsen’s valuation of the car, when there is one.

DKK

The car’s original Danish new price, including registration tax and equipment.

g/km

g/km. 0 for electric cars. NEDC figures are multiplied by 1.21.

km

Compared with the adverts’ average.

Shown in Motorregistret. The age sets the rate for the mileage adjustment.

2The valuation

Dealer adverts for similar cars

Same model, year and equipment — Motorstyrelsen uses at least 3. It takes 1,180 kr off each advert for number plates and a 5 % advert deduction. If an advert is a different year, adjust its price yourself; Motorstyrelsen does so at its discretion.

DKK
km
DKK
km
DKK
km
Condition
Valuation uncertainty

Sets the worst and best case. Valuations often come in lower than expected.

DKK

The refund can be at most the tax paid minus 15 %. Motorregistret shows only the tax charged — Motorstyrelsen can tell you what was paid.

3Your deal

DKK

What you paid for the car in Denmark.

DKK

Inspection, transport, preparation.

DKK

4Dates

The report may be at most 4 weeks old when you file the request.

That year’s rates apply.

Deadlines

  1. RecommendedHold the car until 22 November 2026Motorstyrelsen normally sends any call-in for an inspection within 14 days. If the car is called in, it must be available.
  2. Export by 8 February 2027The car must have left at the latest 3 months after the request. Otherwise the request is refused and you file again with a new inspection report and a new fee.
  3. Payout by about 24 January 2027Motorstyrelsen has up to 9 weeks from complete documents. Assumes the car leaves and the documents go in as soon as it may be shipped.

What Motorstyrelsen requires

  • No lien, attachment or retention of title in Bilbogen when you file the request.
  • Proof of ownership and of the sale.
  • Objective proof of export: foreign registration, a CMR or an EAD. A paid invoice alone is not enough.
  • The number plates are handed in before the car leaves.
  • Cars over 35 years old and leased cars on periodic tax get no refund.

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Questions and answers

What is the export refund?

When a car registered in Denmark leaves the country, Motorstyrelsen pays back the registration tax still left in the car. The amount is worked out from the car’s market price today, less 15 %, at least 8,500 kr.

Who can get it?

Dealers and private persons alike. The money goes to the car’s owner. You file the request in Motorregistret with MitID; without MitID you can write to Motorstyrelsen.

What does it cost?

A fee of 2,250 kr per car, paid by card when you file the request. It is refunded only in special cases, for example when the request is refused because of a lien.

When does the money come?

Only once the car has left Denmark and Motorstyrelsen has all the documents — then within 9 weeks. Any debt to the public sector is taken off first, and the payout can be delayed.

Why do people often get less than expected?

Motorstyrelsen looks only at dealer adverts, takes 1,180 kr off for number plates and a 5 % advert deduction, and adjusts for mileage and condition. That is why the calculator also shows a worst case.

Which cars get nothing?

Cars over 35 years old, damaged cars and leased cars on periodic tax. Many electric cars get nothing either, as the tax on them is low.

Guidance only, under registreringsafgiftsloven §§ 4, 5 b, 5 c and 7 b with the 2026 rates. Motorstyrelsen sets the value and the refund. This is not tax advice and leaves VAT out.

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Documents for Motorstyrelsen

Once the car has left Denmark, you send the documents to Motorstyrelsen. Fill in what you know and we put together the list of documents, the export declaration and the mail.

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Your situation

Is the car sold along with the export?
Where is the car going?
Is the seller the registered owner in Motorregistret?
Does the car leave on test plates (prøvemærker)?

The car and the export

On the receipt you get when you request the valuation in Motorregistret.

Recommended: no earlier than 22 November 2026.

Border crossing or port, e.g. Padborg or Rødby.

Who takes the car out?
How does the car leave?

The parties

Seller
Buyer
Carrier

What to send

  1. Proof of the sale: an invoice or sales contract with the VIN, seller, buyer, date and invoice number, and proof that it was paid.
  2. Proof that the car has left Denmark: a CMR consignment note, filled in and signed by the carrier and the recipient, or the registration certificate from the destination country.
  3. The export declaration below, signed. It is optional but carries the same information as Motorstyrelsen’s form 21.086.
  4. Send everything to motorekspedition@motorst.dk with “Eksport” in the subject line, and write the journal number on every document.

Motorstyrelsen must be able to see that the car really has left. A paid invoice alone is not enough, and incomplete CMR notes and declarations have been rejected.

Export declaration

It is in Danish, for Motorstyrelsen. Print it or save it as a PDF and have the parties sign it.

Erklæring

Udførsel og modtagelse af motorkøretøj

Undertegnede erklærer herved på tro og love, at følgende køretøj udføres eller er udført af Danmark.

Dato for udførsel
Mærke
Model
Køretøjets stelnummer
Til bestemmelsesland
Via udførselssted
Udført af
Køber
Hvordan er køretøjet udført
Lastbil (dokumentation for transport vedlagt)
Er der købt prøvemærker?
Nej
OplysningTransportørKøberSælger
CVR-nr./CPR-nr./AKR-nr./Momsnr./Andet ID
Navn/firmanavn
Postnummer og by
LandDanmark
Dato
Underskrift

Indeholder de samme oplysninger som Motorstyrelsens blanket 21.086. Udarbejdet med zentocar.ro/eksport.

The mail to Motorstyrelsen

To motorekspedition@motorst.dk

Subject Eksport

Hej Motorstyrelsen

Hermed dokumentation for udførsel af køretøjet.

Vedhæftet:
- Dokumentation for salget (faktura eller købsaftale) og for betalingen
- CMR-fragtbrev eller registreringsattest fra modtagerlandet
- Erklæring om udførsel

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Attach the documents yourself. A mail link cannot attach files.