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Denmark·Skatte Stylrelsen

Tax authority reviews 126 cases linked to suspected identity theft

Skattestyrelsen says 113 cases had been reviewed again by 24 August 2026 and promises to finish all 126 by the end of September. It also announces six safeguards for future case handling.

By Taxxa AI Oy · Published 1 September 2026

Legal & Corporate

Skattestyrelsen says it will complete a renewed review of all 126 tax cases in a money-transfer investigation by the end of September 2026Sktst after acknowledging errors affecting people likely to have suffered identity theft. By 24 August 2026, it had reviewed 113 of those cases again.Sktst The authority’s announcement is dated 31 August 2026.

The investigation began in 2021 and concerned money transfers through five money-transfer businesses. According to the authority’s account of the review report, errors led to some people receiving substantial tax demands without justification. The report concluded that Skattestyrelsen should have acted in 2023 on police information suggesting extensive identity theft.Sktst

The authority also says it should have investigated the case complex further and assessed the consequences of appeal decisions for both pending and completed cases. The report identifies further steps that should have been taken with police in 2024 and 2025. Skattestyrelsen acknowledges that the cases were prolonged unnecessarily and says its present focus is helping affected people and returning their money as quickly as possible.

The announcement retains an evidential distinction: police investigate identity theft, and a police report alone does not establish that an individual has suffered it. Nevertheless, the review found that Skattestyrelsen should have acted much earlier on the information already available in these cases.Sktst

Six announced initiatives address future handling.Sktst They include a new taxpayer-rights coordinator, stronger safeguards in control cases and closer management follow-up of complex tax-crime cases. The authority also plans to improve the reporting and correction of internal errors, provide clearer guidance for staff assessing identity-theft information, and examine better cooperation and information-sharing with police and other authorities.

For the affected case group, the stated end-of-September milestone concerns completion of the renewed case reviews. The announcement separately expresses an intention to return money as quickly as possible. The administrative basis is Skattestyrelsen’s announcement of 31 August 2026 and its account of the report on controls of money-transfer businesses.

For affected clients, distinguish the promised review timetable from the separate intention to repay money as quickly as possible.

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