The government’s new autumn budget involves a lot of changes.
Among other things, the Tidö parties and the Sweden Democrats want to lower the tax on fuel, lower the tax on ISK and KF accounts and remove the flight tax.
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Passengers with passports and boarding passes at Arlanda Airport. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT. Airline passengers check the departure time in terminal 5 at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT. That’s how much less pensioners will pay in taxes
In addition to the examples mentioned above, the government will reduce taxes for pensioners.
Frida Brattsavings economist Nordnet Bank, has told News24 how much the reduced tax can be.
– On the average pension, the tax reduction is just under SEK 150. It is clear that these are not huge sums, so one can discuss how much it will really be felt in the wallets of the elderly.
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55 countries may become illegal to travel to
Just before the government decided to abolish the flight tax, one of the governing parties, the Liberals, came out with a new proposal. They want the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ travel advisory to be more than just an advisory.
– I think that you should open up to both imprisonment and fines, said Joar Forssell (L), foreign policy spokesperson, to Ekot, then.
Currently, there is a travel advisory to 55 different countries, and with a ban it would thus become illegal to travel to these 55 countries. But it is only one group in society that the Liberals want to be able to punish.
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A Swedish passport. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT. Airline employees with luggage at Arlanda. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT. That’s how much cheaper the plane tickets will be
With the scrapped flight tax, the price of plane tickets in Sweden is reduced.
Stefan WesterbergLänsförsäkringar’s private economist, tells in an interview with SVT Nyheter how much cheaper they can be.
– These are much-needed investments for many who have fought against sky-high inflation, high mortgage interest rates and real wage cuts in recent years. At the same time, we can see that most money goes to those with higher incomes, says Westerberg, to the channel.
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According to him, plane tickets for travel within Sweden can be SEK 82 cheaper.
As for plane tickets abroad, Westerberg takes trips to the USA as an example. According to him, these can be SEK 325 cheaper.