When the Moderates’ EU parliamentarians Jessica Polfjärd was going to declare her salary in Brussels to the Tax Agency, she made a mistake that would cost her dearly – she mixed up euros and kroner.
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Jessica Polfjärd was the middle name for the Moderates in the EU elections this summer.
As an EU member, she is deputy group leader in the European Parliament’s Committee for the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as well as a substitute in the Committee for Economy and Currency Affairs and in the Committee for Employment and Social Affairs.
EU parliamentarian Jessica Polfjärd (M). Photo: Caisa Rasmussen/TT.
Polfjärd had received a fee from the EU Parliament of 120,000 euros, but when she reported the sum it was written in kroner, something that the Siren news agency was the first to report.
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In a comment to Today’s Industry Polfjärd writes the following:
“The income is not reported in the declaration, but is stated by ourselves. This has been filled in, in euros, supplemented with an income certificate from the European Parliament. As it was supposed to be reported in Swedish kronor, it has unfortunately gone wrong and must of course be corrected”.
The Tax Agency now demands that Polfärd pay tax on her real salary and that she pay a penalty supplement of SEK 104,000.
The Tax Agency’s office in Halmstad. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT.