Denmark Plans To Scrap Taxes On Coffee, Confectionery

Almuegaarden candy connected show successful Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 June 2025. Credit: Caroline Ruda / Shutterstock.com

Venstre, on pinch conjugation partners nan Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet) and Moderates (Moderaterne), will put guardant nan Finance Act for 2026 adjacent week. It will past beryllium presented to Denmark’s parliament (Folketing) for consultation, nan spokesperson said.

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The java taxation was introduced successful 1930, and nan cocoa taxation is complete 100 years old, according to a connection from Venstre, which added nan removal of nan taxes would magnitude to DKr2.4bn ($372m).

Both taxes are group astatine astir 25%.

Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Party president Troels Lund Poulsen said: “By removing nan 2 taxes, we execute 2 things: We make it cheaper to beryllium a Dane, and we besides make it easier to tally a business because we region a batch of hassle and bureaucracy.

“By abolishing nan 2 taxes, we are sending 2.4 cardinal kroner backmost to nan Danes, and that benignant of point is ever awesome for a Liberal Party member. Both java and cocoa person risen a batch successful price, and by abolishing taxes we will now return nan apical disconnected nan prices.”

He added that nan taxation removal should beryllium seen “in nan discourse of nan truth that we person delivered nan largest individual taxation cuts successful 10 years”, and that it will beryllium “the largest taxation cuts connected groceries successful 10 years”.

For example, Denmark’s taxation ministry estimates that 500 grams of java could go astir 6% cheaper aft nan taxation cut, according to Venstre.

Since 2020, nan value of java successful Danish supermarkets has accrued by 47%, while cocoa has risen by 40%, Venstre said.

The Venstre spokesperson suggested that because nan conjugation holds a mostly successful Denmark’s parliament, nan taxation removal scheme is apt to beryllium approved.