The Swedish Tax Agency () is a
government agency in Sweden
The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ...
responsible for national
tax
A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on an individual or legal entity by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to regulate and reduce negative externalities. Tax co ...
collection and administering the
population registration.
The agency was formed on 1 January 2004 through the merger of the Swedish National Tax Board (''Riksskatteverket'') and the then 10 existing regional tax authorities (''skattemyndigheter'').
The Swedish Tax Agency (and prior to that, the Swedish National Tax Board) was also formerly the parent agency of the
Swedish Enforcement Administration
The Swedish Enforcement Authority (, ; abbreviated as KFM; colloquially known as Kronofogden) is the government agency in Sweden responsible of debt collection, distraint, evictions, and enforcement of court orders. The authority also supervise ...
(''Kronofogdemyndigheten''). Since 1 July 2008, the Swedish Enforcement Administration is an independent agency but with close administrative ties to the Swedish Tax Agency.
The agency has local offices in over a hundred cities across Sweden, with the headquarters located in
Solna
Solna ( or , ), also known as Solna Municipality, is a municipality in central Stockholm County, Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna i ...
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Stockholm County.
See also
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Taxation
A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on an individual or legal person, legal entity by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to Pigouvian tax, regulate and reduce nega ...
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Taxation in Sweden
Taxation in Sweden on salaries for an employee involves contributing to three different levels of government: the municipality, the county council, and the central government. Social security contributions are paid to finance the social security ...
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Swedish Taxpayers' Association The Swedish Taxpayers' Association () is an association and taxpayers union in Sweden which advocates low taxes and efficiency in the public sector. The association was first founded in 1921 and since then has grown very fast. It issues its own mag ...
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Population registration in Sweden
Population registration in Sweden () is the civil registration of vital events (e.g. births, deaths, and marriages) of the inhabitants of Sweden. The data is kept in the population registry () and is administered by the Swedish Tax Agency (). The ...
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Swedish F-tax certificate F-tax is a tax paid by a self-employed person in Sweden.
Sole proprietors (sole traders) in Sweden who actively conduct business usually hold an F-tax certificate, which signifies that the sole proprietors themselves are liable to pay their own cor ...
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Skatterättsnämnden
Skatterättsnämnden (''English: Council for Advance Tax Rulings'') is a Swedish government agency. It is part of the Ministry of Finance
A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal ...
References
External links
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Tax registration of foreign companies and sole traders in Sweden Swedish Tax Agency
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Tax Agency
A revenue service, revenue agency or taxation authority is a government agency responsible for the intake of government revenue, including taxes and sometimes non-tax revenue. Depending on the jurisdiction, revenue services may be charged with t ...
Taxation in Sweden
2004 establishments in Sweden
Revenue services
Civil registries
Government agencies established in 2004
Public finance of Sweden