The Swedish Tax Agency's Director General Katrin Westling Palm and two other managers at the agency are being investigated for breach of confidentiality, reports Dagens Nyheter. They are suspected of having disclosed personal information, in violation of the duty of confidentiality.
SwedenThe proposal to reduce the tax on housing gains by up to 15 billion per year has received a "huge response", according to KD leader Ebba Busch. She wants to make it an election issue in 2026. It is also quite a lot of money at stake, so we will have to discuss that in the future, says Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M).
BusinessDissatisfied with zero interest on your salary account at the bank? Why not put your money with the state. The Swedish Tax Agency pays 1.6 percent including the tax effect. That is not the purpose, but there is nothing to prevent it from being done, says the agency's tax expert Johan Schauman.
BusinessA total of 19 employees will be forced to leave the country after a joint agency inspection at the financially strained steel company Stegra, police say.
BusinessA comprehensive joint inspection by the authorities is currently underway at the steel company Stegra in Boden. A number of construction companies are being checked, says police spokesperson Maria Fredriksson.
BusinessThe police have in a short time recovered nearly 30 million kronor in criminal profits and closed 400 bank accounts, they write on their website.
CrimeSperm stains on the walls of the Thai massage parlor are part of the evidence when a woman in Halmstad is convicted of procuring.
CrimeTo increase the chances of arresting criminals hiding abroad, the rules on detention in absentia should be changed. This is proposed by six authorities who want to be able to detain in secret.
CrimeThe Tax Authority declared him dead – despite the fact that the doctor who signed the form did not actually exist. However, there will be no damages for Jonathan Ravelin, according to the district court's judgment. I will appeal, there must be a change, he says.
SwedenJonathan Ravelin, who sued the state after being wrongly declared dead, will not receive any damages according to a verdict in the Stockholm District Court. The verdict will be appealed.
SwedenA popular Swedish influencer and YouTube star has on Friday been prosecuted for several serious financial crimes, according to the Economic Crime Authority.
CrimeThe Tax Authority has decided that VAT shall be introduced on parking spaces that a tenant rents from their landlord. According to the decision, 25 percent VAT shall be added to the rent, reports Hem och Hyra.
BusinessChange the law so that the one who watches illegal ip-tv can be punished with fines. It is proposed in the investigation into illegally streamed tv. Money that should go to cultural creators and sports movements instead goes directly into the pockets of criminals, says the Minister of Culture.
TV & filmChange the law so that it becomes clear that it is illegal to watch illegal ip-tv. This is proposed by the government's special investigator Eva Bergquist in SvD Debatt.
Swedish politicsA paper form and a false signature were enough for Jonathan Ravelin to be incorrectly declared dead. With the help of the Center for Justice, he sued the state – and now he hopes that the court will establish that the Tax Authority's checks are not sufficient. The whole idea is that this should not affect anyone else, he says.
SwedenThe author Håkan Nesser appeals the prison sentence to the Supreme Court, once again.
EntertainmentSince the new gender identity law came into effect on July 1 this year, at least 559 people have applied for a change of legal gender. It was a pent-up need, says Lea Larsson, expert at RFSL.
SwedenYasin is hit by a significant tax blow. According to Aftonbladet, which refers to the News Agency Siren, his production company is being claimed for millions.
EntertainmentThe Government wants to raise the repatriation grant to a maximum of 350,000 kronor for an adult. But the Paying Authority warns of "fraud and abuse".
Swedish politicsThe trend of fewer and fewer children being born in Sweden continues, according to SCB's latest statistics.
SwedenThe police urge Swedish travelers who left their ID documents at hotels in Italy during the summer to block their personal information.
SwedenThe tourists whose ID documents were stolen from Italian hotel servers have reason to worry, according to IT security expert André Catry. Cancel your passport and your ID documents, he advises the affected.
SwedenThe National Land Survey Authority has got a new Director-General after the previous one was fired last year.
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