Tax outcome 2020
Taxes from natural persons increased
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-01-15 9.30
The final tax from natural persons increased by SEK 13 billion from 2019 to 2020. Taxes from legal persons increased by SEK 23 billion.
The taxable earned income of natural persons increased by SEK 64 billion in the tax declaration year of 2020, which referred to income in 2019. This represents an increase of 2.8 percent compared with the previous year.
Total taxes and fees from natural persons before tax reductions increased by SEK 33 billion and amounted to SEK 1 078 billion. This increase was mainly due to the municipal income tax, which increased by SEK 22 billion and amounted to SEK 748 billion. National tax on earned income decreased by SEK 4 billion, while other taxes and fees increased by SEK 8 billion, mainly due to the new public service fee.
Tax reductions increased by SEK 20 billion compared with last year, and amounted to SEK 292 billion. The main reason for the increase was an expanded tax reduction on income from employment, which increased by SEK 14 billion and amounted to SEK 127 billion.
All in all, the final tax from natural persons adjusted for tax reductions increased by SEK 13 billion and amounted to SEK 786 billion.
| 2019 | 2020 | Change, SEK billions | Change, % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Individuals
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Taxable income
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2 262.0 | 2 325.9 | 63.8 | 2.8 |
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Taxes and fees
|
1 044.8 | 1 078.1 | 33.4 | 3.2 |
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- local income tax
|
726.0 | 748.0 | 21.9 | 3.0 |
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- state tax, income from empl./business
|
60.4 | 56.3 | ‑4.1 | ‑6.8 |
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- state tax, income from capital
|
87.9 | 90.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
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- state tax, property
|
0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
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- municipal property fee
|
14.9 | 15.3 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
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- general pension contribution, gross
|
123.7 | 128.2 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
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- burial fee
|
5.0 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 6.6 |
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- church dues, Church of Sweden
|
14.3 | 14.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
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- church dues, other denominations
|
0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
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- other taxes and fees
|
11.5 | 19.6 | 8.1 | 70.4 |
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Tax reductions, total
|
271.5 | 291.7 | 20.2 | 7.4 |
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- general pension contribution
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123.6 | 128.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
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- income from capital, deficit
|
18.4 | 19.9 | 1.5 | 8.2 |
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- earnings
|
113.1 | 126.8 | 13.7 | 12.1 |
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- house work
|
14.2 | 15.3 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
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- other reductions
|
2.2 | 1.7 | ‑0.5 | ‑23.6 |
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Taxes and fees less reductions
|
773.2 | 786.4 | 13.2 | 1.7 |
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Legal persons
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Taxable income
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662.1 | 736.0 | 73.8 | 11.2 |
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Taxes and fees, total
|
201.1 | 224.4 | 23.3 | 11.6 |
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- state tax, income
|
132.9 | 153.4 | 20.4 | 15.4 |
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- state tax, property
|
14.1 | 14.6 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
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- municipal property fee
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3.7 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 6.2 |
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- other taxes and fees
|
50.4 | 52.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
Legal persons paid SEK 10 billion more in taxes
The taxable income of legal persons increased by SEK 74 billion and amounted to SEK 736 billion. Total taxes and fees from legal persons increased by SEK 23 billion and amounted to SEK 224 billion, mainly due to an increase in national income tax for legal persons (corporate tax). Corporate tax increased by SEK 20 billion and amounted to SEK 153 billion.
Definitions and explanations
The Tax Procedure Act (2011:1244) has replaced acts such as the Tax Payment Act (1997:483), which means that the concept of tax assessment year has ceased and has not been replaced with a new concept. The legislation is now based on the concept of ‘tax year’, which corresponds to ‘income year’ and is the year before the tax declaration year. Thus, the 2020 declaration year refers to income in 2019, and the 2019 declaration year refers to income in 2018.
Natural persons refers to private persons and estates of deceased persons. Legal persons include limited companies, economic associations, non-profit organisations, and similar.
‘Other taxes and fees’ from natural persons includes social security contributions to self-employed persons, special wage/salary taxes, general wage tax etc. ‘Other taxes and fees’ from legal persons include special payroll taxes, tax on returns etc. Previously, value-added tax could be reported on the income declaration, in which this item was also included. However, this option was discontinued from tax declaration year 2014 (income year 2013).
These statistics include natural or legal persons liable to pay tax who do not have a place of domicile in the country.
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