Will

Write a Will and Support Enable

Applies only to residents of Denmark.

You can make a difference by bequeathing Enable in your will. The donation will go directly to Enable’s work to help vulnerable girls in India.

In some situations, your heirs may inherit more money, while you also support Enable.

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When creating a will, you have a wide range of freedom in deciding who will inherit from you. The compulsory inheritance of 25% must go to your spouse, children, and grandchildren (if children are deceased). As for the rest of the inheritance, you can choose to bequeath it to Enable.

The organization is listed in the Danish Tax Authority’s register of approved institutions/associations. In some cases, you can bequeath to Enable without affecting the inheritance to your relatives.

There are lawyers and several companies offering the possibility to create a will online. When choosing an advisor, it may be a good idea to consult the advice on selecting an advisor for will creation. Good Advice for Choosing an Advisor When Creating a Will (Danish article).

The money goes straight to the girls

When you choose to support Enable, all the funds go directly to the girls at our orphanage as well as to the older girls who are living independently and pursuing further education.

If you wish to benefit Enable, you can choose to leave a donation in three ways:

  • with your entire estate, excluding any compulsory inheritance
  • with a percentage of your estate
  • with a legacy in the form of a lump sum amount.

If you leave behind an inheritance, it will in most cases be subject to an estate tax (formerly known as inheritance tax) after a basic exemption of DKK 333,100 (2024 figure). Spouses do not pay inheritance tax, while children, grandchildren, and partners (who have lived together for more than 2 years) must pay a 15% estate tax. Others, such as siblings, nieces, and nephews, must pay both a 15% estate tax and an additional 25% surcharge on the remaining amount. Enable is exempt from inheritance tax because we are a charitable organization.

When you include Enable in your will, you can choose for Enable to cover the taxes that other heirs would otherwise have to pay. In most cases, the inheritance to Enable will not reduce the inheritance received by your relatives. On the contrary, they may be able to inherit more due to the exemption from inheritance tax.

There are several options:

  1. The 30% solution, which is primarily relevant if your heirs are subject to both estate tax and the additional estate tax.
  2. The 12% solution, which is primarily relevant if you are leaving behind an estate of more than DKK 2.5 million. How much of the estate should be donated to the charitable organization in order to benefit both the organization and the other heirs financially depends on the size of the estate.

Without using the 30% solution

You have an estate worth DKK 1,000,000. You have no compulsory heirs and name your nephew as sole heir. He has a basic deduction of DKK 333,100 (numbers from 2024) and must then pay 15% estate tax plus an additional estate tax of 25% on the remainder. The total taxes amount to DKK 325,026.25, leaving your nephew with DKK 674,973.75.

See the calculation below:

15% estate tax: = DKK 100,035.00
25% additional estate tax: = DKK 224,991.25
Total taxes: DKK 325,026.25
Amount received by nephew: (DKK 1,000,000 – 325,026.25) = DKK 674,973.75

With the use of the 30% solution

You have an estate worth DKK 1,000,000. Your nephew is to inherit DKK 700,000, and Enable is to inherit DKK 300,000. After Enable pays DKK 216,276.25 in taxes, Enable will inherit DKK 83,723.75, and your nephew will receive DKK 700,000.

See the calculation below:
15% estate tax: = DKK 55,035.00
25% additional estate tax: = DKK 161,241.25
Total taxes: DKK 216,276.25

Amount received by Enable: (DKK 300,000 – 216,276.25) = DKK 83,723.75
Amount received by nephew: DKK 700,000

Without using the 12% solution

A couple has an estate of DKK 2.5 million, which they want to leave to their only heir, their son Tobias. He has a basic deduction of DKK 333,100 and must then pay 15% estate tax. The total tax amounts to DKK 325,035, leaving Tobias with DKK 2,174,965.

See the calculation below:

15% estate tax: = DKK 325,035.00
Amount received by Tobias: (DKK 2,500,000 – 325,035) = DKK 2,174,965

With the use of the 12% solution

A couple has an estate of DKK 2.5 million. The heir, their son Tobias, is to inherit DKK 2,200,000, and Enable is to inherit DKK 300,000. After Enable pays DKK 280,035 in taxes, Enable will receive DKK 19,965, and Tobias will receive DKK 2,200,000.

See the calculation below:

15% estate tax = DKK 280,035
Amount received by Enable: DKK = 19,965
Amount received by Tobias: DKK 2,200,000