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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 ...
Create the correct expectations regarding your share-based incentive program
Do you have employees who have received shares and, then, have been disappointed in the fact that they need to pay tax on the benefit? From ...
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Om du inte får fram något formulär via knappen ovan, klicka här!New VAT on prize money
The EU Court has determined that prize money received in horse racing competitions is not to be included in the taxation base for VAT. ...
Deductions for hospitality expenses - now the clarification has arrived!
As we have previously written about in Tax matters, the rules concerning deductibility for hospitality are changing at the turn of the ...
VAT exemption for organisations and companies with limited current sales
As previously reported upon, the Government has proposed the introduction of a threshold amount as regards the liability of VAT ...
2016 Tax Chronicle
2016 was a good tax year for our clients and writing about this evokes positive memories and images. Many medium-sized companies expanded ...
You can now apply for voluntary tax liability for energy tax on electricity
The Swedish Parliament has decided that a party consuming electricity on a large scale (at least 20 GWh per year) may be approved as a ...
Further proposals for simplifying VAT handling
In previous blog post we have written that work is underway on simplifying and modernising VAT legislation in the EU. A couple of weeks ago ...
Final days for closely held company part owners to pay any possible income tax arrears
Monday the 12th of December is the final day for many closely held company part owners to pay any possible income tax arrears for income ...
Proposed Tax on Air Travel
The proposal for tax on air travel presented to the government was formulated in terms of comprising a tax on commercial air travel. This ...
Time to assess salary distribution for December 2016
We are quickly approaching the end of the year and it is, therefore, high time, to consider the salary level of a part owner in adapting ...
Positive proposal for the non-profit sector regarding sponsoring
The Ministry of Finance has presented two positive proposals for the non-profit sector. One of the proposals implies that compensation for ...
Paying Taxes 2017 – comparison of the tax systems in 190 global economies
Paying Taxes 2017 is a cooperative research publication produced by PwC and the World Bank with the aim of comparing the tax systems in 190 ...
The Swedish Government proposes a reduction in shipping subsidy from 2017
A proposal for a reduction in shipping subsidy has been presented to the EU Commission for their approval. If this change is approved, ...
Tax on financial services distributed for consultation
The report on the tax on financial services (SOU 2016:76) which was presented on 7 November 2016 has now been sent by the Government for ...
The 3:12 Committee’s proposal – what is happening next?
On 14 November, the 3:12 Committee’s report was sent for consultation. This implies that the proposed regulations have come one step closer ...
A VAT landscape under change
Work is underway within the EU to simplify and modernise VAT regulations within the Union. The final goal of this work is that the EU will ...
Tax transparency – an increasing focus area for companies and legislators alike
We are pleased to share with you the latest update of Tax transparency and country-by-country reporting - BEPS and beyond. This publication ...
Country-by-Country reporting – a description of the Swedish tax proposal
The Ministry of Finance’s proposal for the implementation of Country-by-Country Reporting has been distributed for consultation. The ...
Swedish government proposes changed rules for transfer pricing documentation
The Ministry of Finance’s proposal for the introduction of the new OECD guidelines on transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country ...
Proposed new 3:12 regulations
Yesterday, the results of the so-called 3:12 Committee work was made public with a proposal for changed tax rules for owners of closely ...
No more tax free gifts when packaging real estate before an external sale?
On 27 October 2016, at 6:50 pm, the Government announced that they had presented a report to Parliament proposing that an ex post facto law ...
New, but also old, rules for tax deferral at the sale of private residences
The Government has now presented its proposal for changed deferment rules. The ceiling amount on deferment is no longer to apply and a ...
Changes in international tax rules – positive or negative for Sweden?
In Dagens Industri on 19 October, one could read about the recently introduced changes in international tax rules which could result in ...
Automatic exchange of information regarding tax issues
The Government has presented its proposal to Parliament regarding the mandatory, automatic exchange of information on advance rulings and ...
Taxation of goods and services in the digital economy
The most interesting seminar at the year’s tax congress hosted by the International Fiscal Association was Taxing the digital economy. This ...
New international taxation results in higher tax risk
At the year’s tax congress organised by the International Fiscal Association, one seminar stuck out from all of the others. This was when ...
Current international tax trends
Plan for full transparency – and nothing less! The message from the OECD was crystal clear at the International Fiscal Association annual ...
New developments regarding right of deduction of input VAT by holding companies
The Swedish Tax Agency has further developed its view of the right of deduction of input VAT by holding companies in conjunction with their ...