Tax relief

Tax relief attracts Swedish companies abroad

The Swedish Supreme Court has taken up a case concerning a 63-year-old accountant who, through a limited company registered in the UK has helped other Swedish companies abroad to post revenues and expenses. However later the clients’ accounts were audited, several of them were convicted for economic crimes and accounting fraud in Sweden. The accountant…

Tax residency of a company

When does an Estonian company attract tax residency in a foreign country? The exemption from corporate income tax, a special characteristic of Estonia, attracts foreign entrepreneurs to register companies in Estonia. Estonian entrepreneurs in turn are acting more and more actively in foreign countries while trying to retain a minimal tax burden. This is why…

Taxation of import goods

Taxation of import goods in Sweden

The taxation of non-Community goods in Sweden changes in the new year. From 1st January 2015 a company liable to pay VAT in Sweden needs to declare and pay VAT on import goods in the Swedish Tax Agency. According to the order in force so far VAT on import goods was declared and paid in…

Swedish limited company equity

Swedish limited company equity capital

Check the equity capital of a Swedish limited company before the end of the fiscal year The Swedish Company Law provides that the management board has an obligation to produce an interim balance sheet immediately if there are grounds to believe that the equity capital of the Swedish limited company has fallen below a half…