The Foundations Act

The plan wants to move towards greater societal transparency in companies where it is needed to prevent tax fraud, and demands effective monitoring of organized economic crime. Registration of foundations and their assets is precisely such a transparency tool against tax evasion and money laundering. The plan does not say anything about the committee waiting.

• transparency against tax frauddecisive»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater societal transparency”
• monitor economic crime»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade« (party programme ↗)“Effective monitoring of organized economic crime is needed”
• economic crime has serious consequences»Ekonomisk brottslighet i företag leder till allvarliga konsekvenser,« (party programme ↗)“Economic crime in companies leads to serious consequences,”
• economic crime is a central threat»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime, and exploitation are central threats today.”

The election manifesto requires that tax fraud and money laundering be stopped and the party programme that fraud and all other economic crime be fought, with reference to the fact that criminal actors have obtained income sources by operating in the financial and real estate sectors. A registration requirement that makes persons and assets behind a foundation visible is a direct tool against such exploitation. The plan's requirement to prevent undue influence points in the same direction.

• stopped money launderingdecisive»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime, and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• fought economic crime»Bekämpande av bedrägerier och all annan ekonomisk brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Fighting fraud and all other economic crime.”
• criminals in legal structures»De kriminella aktörerna har därutöver skapat sig nya inkomstkällor genom att nästla« (party programme ↗)“The criminal actors have moreover created new income sources for themselves by nesting”
• transparency against undue influence»Förhindrande av korruption och otillbörlig påverkan.« (party programme ↗)“Prevention of corruption and undue influence.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires that cooperation and information sharing between authorities to stop money laundering and organised economic crime is strengthened, and that work against criminal economy is strengthened. A registration requirement that makes foundations' owners and assets visible serves exactly that purpose, as does the programme's criticism that the wealthy avoid tax through tax planning. The Foundation Act is not addressed in the plan, therefore derivation.

• stop money launderingdecisive»informationsdelningen mellan myndigheter för att stoppa penningtvätt, välfärdsbrott och« (party programme ↗)“information sharing between authorities to stop money laundering, welfare crime and”
• combat criminal economy»Vi vill också stärka arbetet mot den kriminella ekonomin. Brottsvinster ska beslagtas och« (party programme ↗)“We also want to strengthen the work against criminal economy. Criminal proceeds shall be seized and”
• counter tax planning»Storföretag och förmögna personer kan med hjälp av skatteplanering ofta undvika att« (party programme ↗)“Large companies and wealthy individuals can with the help of tax planning often avoid”
• authority cooperation against criminal arrangements»stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen coordination between authorities so that authorities can strike at organised crime's businesses from several directions”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wants to establish an anti-corruption agency, tighten the rules against corruption, and make Sweden even more transparent, and the party programme makes openness and transparency prerequisites for preventing corruption. A registration requirement that makes ownership and assets in foundations visible follows from this. At the same time the plan wants to remove barriers for civil society, which argues for keeping the requirement simple. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.

• tightened rules against corruptiondecisive»Vi vill inrätta en antikorruptionsmyndighet, skärpa regler mot korruption och införa ett lobbyregister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to establish an anti-corruption agency, tighten rules against corruption, and introduce a lobbying register.”
• openness against corruption»Öppenhet och transparens är grundförutsättningar för frihet, demokrati och för att förhindra korruption och övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“Openness and transparency are fundamental prerequisites for freedom, democracy, and for preventing corruption and abuse.”
• increased transparency»Sverige ska bli ännu mer transparent.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden must become even more transparent.”
• remove barriers for civil society»Politikens uppgift är att riva hinder och röja väg för denna utvecklingskraft.« (party programme ↗)“Politics' task is to remove barriers and clear the way for this development power.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not address foundation law, but requires that hidden financing is stopped and that the market economy has rules of the game that maintain sound competition and honesty. A registration requirement that makes ownership and assets transparent follows from this line against tax evasion and money laundering. The plan at the same time wants more foundations to be created and for regulatory burden to be kept down, which points to a restrained design.

• stop hidden financingdecisive»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning och stoppa dold finansiering av trossamfund så att de inte blir verktyg för extremistiska krafter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want both to strengthen the monitoring of donation-giving and stop hidden financing of religious communities so that they do not become tools for extremist forces.”
• rules of the game for the market»Marknadsekonomin kräver spelregler för att« (party programme ↗)“The market economy requires rules of the game for”
• foundations in cultural financing»Fler stiftelser för kulturfinansiering ska skapas.« (party programme ↗)“More foundations for cultural financing shall be created.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden for small businesses shall be reduced”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan emphasizes that non-profit organizations are independent from the public sector and that the public shall be supportive and complementary rather than governing, while at the same time bureaucracy and cumbersome rules shall be counteracted. A general registration requirement with disclosure of all persons and assets places a control apparatus over the entire foundation sector. The plan's requirement for integrity and that crimes shall be investigated justifies oversight, but not the general requirement.

• civil society independencedecisive»att ideella organisationer är fristående från den offentliga sektorn« (party programme ↗)“that non-profit organizations are independent from the public sector”
• supportive, not governing»vara stödjande och kompletterande istället för styrande« (party programme ↗)“be supportive and complementary instead of governing”
• counteract bureaucracy»Byråkrati och krångliga regler ska« (party programme ↗)“Bureaucracy and cumbersome rules shall”
• integrity in the economy»Hederlighet och personligt ansvarstagande är viktiga fundament.« (party programme ↗)“Integrity and personal responsibility are important foundations.”

The plan identifies money laundering and organized crime as something to be combated and goes far to seize criminal assets, including through reversed burden of proof to confiscate property. A registration requirement that makes ownership in foundations visible serves the same purpose. At the same time, the plan's general position is to reduce red tape, which makes support for the demand less unambiguous.

• at criminal assetsdecisive»• Ta gängens pengar och införa en omvänd bevisbörda för att kunna beslagta gängmedlemmarnas lyxprylar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Take gangs' money and introduce a reversed burden of proof to be able to confiscate gang members' luxury items”
• combat money laundering»Hederskultur, organiserad brottslighet, penningtvätt och systematiskt bidragsfusk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Honour culture, organized crime, money laundering and systematic benefit fraud.”
• reduced red tape»• Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of red tape”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that both cheating and systems that tend to encourage cheating and corruption should be countered, and wants to address unclear money flows in civil society, not least foreign financing and clan structures. A registration requirement that reveals what persons and assets are linked to a foundation is such a measure against tax evasion and money laundering. However, the plan does not address foundations, and the requirement for regulatory simplification pulls partly in another direction.

• counter cheating and corruptiondecisive»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both cheating and systems that tend to encourage cheating and corruption should be countered.”
• transparency in financing»Hindra utländsk finansiering av extremistiska trossamfund och organisationer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent foreign financing of extremist religious communities and organizations”
• against clan structures in civil society»Motverka klanernas makt, både inom det offentliga och inom civilsamhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counter the power of clans, both in the public sector and in civil society”
• regulatory simplification»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for regulatory simplification and relieve small businesses' administrative burden”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.