Secondment

During a secondment, you can be paid hourly and daily allowances in agreement with your budget manager. In connection with the decision, it must be assessed whether you have additional costs as a result of the posting.

The hourly and daily allowance is a fixed amount to cover your ongoing expenses for food, drink and other minor expenses.

If you do not council your residence in Denmark during the posting, you are not considered "travelling" and therefore cannot receive hourly and daily allowances.

For postings in Denmark or the Faroe Islands, the hourly and daily allowances are appointed by one quarter and one sixth respectively from the 29th day.

You can be reimbursed for reasonable additional expenses for rent when you are posted.

If you do not have your residence in Denmark at your disposal during the posting, you are not considered to be "travelling", but rather relocated and therefore cannot have your rent expenses covered.

Read about the tax rules for double housekeeping at skat.dk.

If you as an academic staff member are posted abroad, you can be reimbursed for reasonable, documented moving expenses to a limited extent.

The decision on reimbursement is made by the relevant Dean.

As a rule, hourly daily allowance is tax-free.

Read more about travel allowance at skat.dk.

SDU does not advise on tax matters in connection with secondment.

Read about double housekeeping at skat.dk.

Read more above under "Food and drink" and "Rent" if you do not have a place of residence in Denmark during your posting.