Udbetaling Danmark calculates how much you can receive in heating supplements based on your heating costs of the past three years and your personal supplement percentage.
You can receive a heating supplement for the part of your heating costs that exceed:
- DKK 5,800 (2024) per year if you are single
- DKK 8,700 (2024) per year if you are married/cohabiting.
You can, however, at most get DKK 28,500 (2024) per year in heating supplements. If you are more than two adults in your household, the maximum is increased by DKK 8,500 (2024) per person besides the two of you who is over the age of 18.
Are there several people over the age of 18 in your household or do you have lodgers living with you?
If, besides you and your potential spouse/common-law partner, there are more people in the household over the age of 18, the heating costs will be shared between you. This means that you will receive a smaller heating supplement.
If you have a lodger living in your home, the part of the heating costs that concern the lodger will be deducted from your total heat consumption. This also results in you receiving less heating supplement.
Are you using district heating or some other form of collective heating?
If you are using district heating or some other form of collective heating, you cannot get a heating supplement for the full heating costs. This is because you can only get the heating supplement for the actual heating costs, and if you are using a collective form of heating, Udbetaling Danmark automatically deducts 10 per cent for the operation and maintenance of the heating plant. If, for example, your heating costs total DKK 10,000, then you can only get a heating supplement based on DKK 9,000 in costs.
If you are receiving housing benefits and use district heating or another form of collective heating, you will get a supplement via the housing benefits for your heating costs. Udbetaling Danmark deducts that supplement when it is calculated how much you can receive in heating supplement.
Are you using electricity or gas for heating and for your household?
If you are using electricity for both heating and general household purposes, your heating supplement will be reduced by:
- DKK 4,600 (2024) per year for singles
- DKK 6,100 (2024) per year for those who are married or cohabiting.
If you are using gas for heating and general household purposes, your heating supplement will be reduced by:
- DKK 900 (2024 per year for singles
- DKK 1,000 (2024) per year for those who are married or cohabiting.
Your personal supplement percentage shows how much you can get in supplements
Your heating supplement also depends on the size of your personal supplement percentage. If the supplement percentage is less than 100, you will be paid a proportionally smaller heating supplement.
Your assets have no impact on the size of your heating supplement, and you are not taxed on the heating supplement.