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Government Proposes Tax Brake to Prevent Municipal Tax Hikes

Government Proposes Tax Brake to Prevent Municipal Tax Hikes

Mon 1 Sept 2025 13:38 CEST

The Government wants to prevent municipalities and regions from raising taxes. An investigator will now propose how a tax brake can be introduced – and how tax cuts should be rewarded

These are the municipalities that raise taxes next year

These are the municipalities that raise taxes next year

Mon 16 Dec 2024 08:10 CET

Three rural municipalities plus Stockholm will increase the municipal tax next year. The difference between the highest and lowest municipal tax burden is now over six kronor per hundred, according to new figures from SCB

Despite Billion-Lift – Still Tough for Municipalities

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Despite Billion-Lift – Still Tough for Municipalities

Wed 16 Oct 2024 09:30 CEST

From billion deficits to a clear brightening. Next year, the country's municipalities and regions are expected to make a combined profit of 28 billion kronor

Every Tenth Preschool May Be Forced to Close

Every Tenth Preschool May Be Forced to Close

Tue 3 Sept 2024 01:18 CEST

Low birth rates may force more than one in ten preschools to close by 2027. That's what Annika Wallenskog, chief economist at the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, SKR, tells DN

Larger Deficit than Expected for the Regions

Larger Deficit than Expected for the Regions

Fri 21 Jun 2024 07:23 CEST

Regions' billion deficit grows, according to the first forecasts for 2024. They became significantly worse than what we had counted on, says Annika Wallenskog, chief economist at SKR, to Ekot