The Declaration in 2025 has opened and now millions of Swedes are expected to approve, change or submit their income tax returns. But it is important to be careful, otherwise you can be one of those that the Swedish Tax Agency reviews the declaration this year.
The declaration has opened. If you choose to sign and approve the Swedish Tax Agency’s calculation, you can already expect to receive the money as early as April, around Easter.
However, you who need to make deductions or supplements, for example for travel to and from work, have to wait a little longer for your money if you expect any refund.
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It reviewed the Swedish Tax Agency in the declaration in 2024
By 2025, however, there are some central areas that will be examined extra carefully to make sure to minimize the proportion of errors and cheating.
Last year – 2024 – focused extra carefully on the individuals who deducted the rental of housing and those who travel to and from work.
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The Swedish Tax Agency reviews this in the declaration in 2025
In 2025, they have chosen to focus on three areas, the Swedish Tax Agency’s declaration coordinator announces, Jan Janowski; in an email to News24.
The authority controls all declarations mechanically and in addition to this special checks are made in areas where you see risks for errors, he explains.
“This applies in particular to the information that you fill in yourself, such as travel deductions, other expenses, sales of housing, securities, and rental of housing,” he writes and continues:
“During 2025, we increase the control of private individuals compared to 2024 in areas where the risk of errors and cheating is high. This applies, for example, to travel deductions and unreported income, such as the rental of housing and sale of services through platform companies and cryptocurrency.
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The Swedish Tax Agency: You must consider that when you declare deductions
But what is important for the public to consider when declaring? According to Janowski, there are a couple of things that are important to bring.
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You risk tax surcharge of 40 percent in the declaration in 2025
In conclusion, the Swedish Tax Agency’s coordinator, Jan Janowski, reports that there are no special rules to follow in the areas that you increase control on this year. It is simply important to do right from the start when reporting your deductions. However, he emphasizes that the tax surcharge you can be coated amounts to 40 percent of the tax that would not be levied if the incorrect information was approved.
“If you have provided an incorrect information in the income tax return, you may be obliged to pay tax surcharges. Examples of providing an incorrect task may be that you have made a deduction in their income declaration that you are not entitled to or fail to declare an income that you have had.
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