jämkning

A request to Skatteverket to change how much preliminary tax is deducted from your pay, so that it better matches your final tax. It is useful when the tax table does not fit you, for example if you have large interest costs, several jobs, travel costs or income that varies.

You apply online in the e-service Jämkning. Skatteverket opens it in the autumn for the following year, and there is a last date in November for a decision that covers the whole of the next year; you can still apply later in the year.

With jämkning you avoid both a large residual tax and lending the state money until the refund comes.