Denmark’s Vurderingsstyrelsen sent its formal note about errors in around 100,000 flat valuations to the Ministry of Taxation on August 18, 2026, the same day DR first asked about the case.
The agency had known about possible problems with the valuations for nearly half a year before that note. That is the finding of reporting by DR published on September 16.
According to the agency, the written note was transmitted to the ministry on August 18, 2026. DR sent its first questions in the case at 1:55 p.m. that day. The agency says the note was digitally signed by director Anne-Sofie Jensen at 10:49 a.m., before the inquiry, and dispatched late that afternoon.
Seventeen days passed before Jensen sat down for an interview with DR on September 4 and confirmed the errors. DR published its story on Monday, September 7. The same day, tax and growth minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt informed the parties behind the property valuation agreement.
The timing has drawn criticism from two of those parties. Venstre tax spokesperson Marie Brixtofte says it is troubling that so much time passed before the ministry was informed, and she has put questions to the minister. Liberal Alliance tax spokesperson Mads Strange calls the delay highly objectionable.
Six months from first signals
Per DR, the agency saw the first indications of possible errors in February 2026 and received external warnings in March. In May it identified the concrete problem and stopped issuing new valuations for flats. Jyllands-Posten reports that the serious errors were kept secret for several months.
The error arose when the agency adjusted the model behind the new valuations to fix a separate problem with newly built houses. All roughly 100,000 final 2022 valuations of owner-occupied flats sent out around the turn of the year are affected. As reported by BT, about 20,000 are at least 20 percent wrong, both too high and too low, which affects tax bills.
The Ministry of Taxation told DR that there is ongoing dialogue at civil servant level, and that the agency had flagged a potential problem with flat valuations before the August note. In a later reply, the ministry said a meeting between the two bodies was held in late May, where the issue was probably raised orally.
The ministry also stated that it was mentioned to Engel-Schmidt in mid-August that a case would be presented to him. The case was finalized and presented in early September. Berlingske has also covered the scale of the miscalculated valuations.
DR says it has not been given access to the August 18 note, and neither the ministry nor the agency has released it. Freedom of information requests remain unanswered. The agency has previously said it is still working on a solution for the affected owners.
