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How can today’s tax function comprise a strategic asset for your company?
The prize-winning leadership publication, strategy+business, has published an article based on PwC’s thought leadership series, ”Tax ...
Changed regulations for real estate owners – an analysis
The real estate packaging Committee presented its proposal for changed tax regulations for real estate owners on 30 March. Less than one ...
Changed rules for real estate owners – this is the Government’s proposal!
On 30 March, the Government’s so-called real estate packaging Committee presented its proposal for changes in the regulations regarding ...
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Implementation of a beneficial ownership register
A new register of beneficial ownership will be introduced as a stage in EU’s work to prevent money laundering and the financing of ...
MAP Resolution was Considered a Binding Settlement
The Tax Court in Canada has recently appointed a Mutual Agreement Procedure (“MAP”) resolution between two competent authorities, to be a ...
State aid and transfer pricing – Where are we headed?
In a number of recent decisions on state aid, the European Commission requires EU countries to recover billions of euros from companies ...
Sale or a gift of real estate?
When real estate is transferred from a private individual to a related party, an assessment is made as to whether the transaction is to be ...
Brexit and a new tax year in the UK – what will happen in 2017?
Yesterday, the UK’s exit from the EU began and this process is expected to continue for two years. There has been a great deal of ...
New tax from 1 July – requires measures to be undertaken by everyone purchasing electronic products from abroad
As we have previously reported on in Tax matters, a new law will come into effect on 1 April 2017 regarding levying a tax on chemicals in ...
Heavy vehicle, truck and trailer traffic will produce a surplus for public finances
An investigation report produced by PwC at the request of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise evidences that truck transport companies ...
Establishing business operations in Sweden – What do I need to consider?
Due to the fact that the economic situation in Sweden is very advantageous now, we see an increased interest on behalf of foreign companies ...
VAT risk for hotels used for refugee housing
In previous position statements, the Swedish Tax Agency has described its view of VAT liability in the context of the renting out of rooms ...
Arm’s length pricing in the transfer of intangible assets
The Administrative Court of Appeal Jönköping has recently determined in a case that the correction rule is applicable as regards pricing in ...
The Swedish Tax Agency is making checks in these industries in 2017
Each year, the Tax Agency announces the industries on which they will focus in their work to counter-act errors and cheating. Through the ...
The Swedish Tax Agency clarifies the notification procedure on country-by-country reporting
According to the Swedish legislation on country-by-country reporting, Swedish entities and foreign permanent establishments in Sweden ...
Committee’s proposal for a financial sector tax is scrapped
Last week the Swedish Government announced that it will not proceed with the current investigative committee’s proposal for a tax on the ...
The parliament adopts new legislation on transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting
March 1st, the parliament adopted the government’s proposal on transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting. The ...
Municipal real estate sales – what’s happening with VAT?
Today, many municipalities are choosing to sell all or parts of their real estate holdings due to political or operational economic ...
Changes to the US tax system
As Tax matters previously reported upon, Donald Trump launched already during his Presidential campaign a program to significantly reduce ...
Two foreign pension funds were denied restitution of Swedish withholding tax
The Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has, in two separate judgements, ruled that two foreign pension funds were not entitled to ...
Reduced energy tax on own produced renewal solar power
The Government plans to exempt solar power from energy tax if the solar power is produced in small plants located where the electricity is ...
New Rules for Transfer Pricing Transparency in China – Challenges and Changes
The new Chinese Transfer Pricing legislation goes beyond OECD’s Based Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action 13 in terms of transfer ...
Sustainability as a tax focus
PwC has previously written about sustainability being 2017’s tax issue. Recently, the think tank, SNS, Studieförbundet Näringsliv och ...
The Council on Legislation’s exposure draft implies enhanced consumer protection as regards financial advisory services
On 19 January, the Government presented an exposure draft to the Council on Legislation with a proposal for new regulations for the ...
Regularly recurring visits could constitute a permanent stay in Sweden
According to a very recent advance ruling, regularly recurring visits to Sweden, totalling 111 nights during a twelve month period, are ...
Effective processes are increasingly important for corporate tax functions
Global companies operate environments with increasingly complicated tax rules and transparency requirements. This places increased demands ...
How will your company’s VAT treatment be impacted by the new definition of real estate?
As we have reported on previously in Tax matters, the meaning of the term ”real estate” changed, in terms of VAT liability, at the end of ...
Invoicing Board fees via one’s own limited liability company doesn’t always work tax-wise
According to an advance ruling from the Council for Advanced Tax Rulings, Board fees are to be taxed as income from employment. Only in ...
Tax on waste – the term ”waste treatment plant”
The Supreme Administrative Court has decided that only waste which is transferred to a physically and cadastrially separated landfill area ...
Taxation of consulting services provided to a previous employer via one’s own company
Last autumn the Council for Advance Tax Rulings issued an advance ruling stating that a part owner in a consulting company who changes his ...