F-tax and Business Activities

The plan wants greater societal oversight of businesses to prevent fraud with taxes and employment, and states that the risk of detection plays a major role in economic crime. Better follow-up of F-tax holders, time-limited approvals and expanded revocation options are precisely the kind of tightened control. The plan simultaneously wants to protect conditions for sound businesses that are beaten out by fraud.

• oversight to prevent frauddecisive»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn i företag där det behövs för att stävja fusk med till exempel skatter och anställningar.« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater societal oversight of businesses where necessary to prevent fraud with for example taxes and employment.”
• detection risk determines»Det handlar i hög utsträckning om överlagda beslut, där risken för upptäckt kan spela stor roll.« (party programme ↗)“It is to a large extent about deliberate decisions, where the risk of detection can play a major role.”
• protect sound businesses»Det fifflet leder till att seriösa företag slås ut och skatteintäkter uteblir.« (party programme ↗)“That cheating causes honest businesses to be beaten out and tax revenue to be lost.”
• economic crime as threat»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”

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 states that tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering must be stopped and that organized crime's financing must be struck hard against. Abused F-tax approvals are a central tool in precisely such crime, and stricter oversight, time restrictions and expanded revocation follow directly from the commitment. However, the plan does not address F-tax as such.

• stop tax frauddecisive»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• strike against crime financing»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strike hard against the financing and organization of organized crime.”
• measures against workplace crime»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures against workplace crime.”
• tax finances welfare»Skattesystemets viktigaste uppgift är att finansiera vår välfärd och nödvändiga« (party programme ↗)“The tax system's most important task is to finance our welfare and necessary”

The plan wants to strengthen inter-agency cooperation so that authorities can strike at organised crime's enterprises, including tax crime, and requires that corporate tax avoidance is stopped. Better legal conditions for the Tax Agency to follow up and revoke F-tax approval are a direct tool for this. F-tax is not mentioned in the plan, therefore derivation.

• inter-agency cooperation against crime enterprisesdecisive»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs by strengthening inter-agency cooperation so authorities can strike at organised crime's enterprises from multiple directions”
• stop tax avoidance»Företags skatteflykt ska stoppas.« (party programme ↗)“Corporate tax avoidance shall be stopped.”
• fair market conditions»Staten ska genom lagstiftning och övervakning se« (party programme ↗)“The state shall through legislation and monitoring see”
• counteract corruption»Alla former av korruption« (party programme ↗)“All forms of corruption”

The plan's commitment is that it shall be easy to start and run a business and that the regulatory burden on entrepreneurs shall be cleaned up, not expanded. The counter-proposal wants to time-limit F-tax approvals, impose higher diligence requirements, and expand revocation options, which gives self-employed more uncertain and constrained conditions. The plan instead emphasizes clear and predictable rules and that bureaucracy hits hardest against small businesses. Therefore the plan rejects the requirement.

• easy to run a businessdecisive»Det ska vara lätt att starta och driva företag; det ska löna sig att ta klivet och satsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be easy to start and run a business; it shall be worthwhile to take the step and invest.”
• simplified rules for micro-enterprises»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små. Vi vill införa en ny och förenklad företagsform för mikroföretag, så att fler ska våga testa att driva företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up the regulatory burden for entrepreneurs, large and small. We want to introduce a new and simplified business form for micro-enterprises, so that more dare to try running a business.”
• predictable rules of play»Ekonomin ska ha givna och förutsägbara spelregler« (party programme ↗)“The economy shall have clear and predictable rules of play”
• bureaucracy burdens small businesses»Små och nystartade företag har svårare att få tillgång till kapital och att bära omfattande byråkrati« (party programme ↗)“Small and newly started businesses have more difficulty accessing capital and bearing extensive bureaucracy”

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 requires rules that ensure competition on fair terms and establishes that the market economy must be regulated to maintain sound competition; misuse of tax status distorts competition precisely. When granting permits, legal certainty must always be maintained. Stricter monitoring and expanded revocation therefore align with the plan, although time-limited approvals pull toward increased regulatory burden.

• rules for sound competitiondecisive»upprätthålla en sund konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“maintain sound competition.”
• easy to do the right thing»rätt och säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor även i digitaliseringens och delningsekonomins« (party programme ↗)“correct and ensures competition on fair terms even in the digitalization and sharing economy”
• legally certain permit review»förutsättning att rättssäkerheten alltid upprätthålls.« (party programme ↗)“condition that legal certainty is always maintained.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden on small enterprises shall decrease, through efforts at both municipal, state and”

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 requires a tax system that stimulates honesty and entrepreneurship and wants to counter unfair competition; misuse of approval for self-employed status undermines both. Tighter monitoring and the possibility of revoking approval follow from this. At the same time, the plan wants tax rules to be kept as simple as possible for small businesses, which calls for caution with new requirements.

• tax system promoting honestydecisive»Det bör också utformas så att det stimulerar arbete, hederlighet, sparande och företagande.« (party programme ↗)“It should also be designed so that it stimulates work, honesty, saving and entrepreneurship.”
• against unfair competition»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy counters oligopolies, monopolies and unfair competition”
• honesty as foundation»Hederlighet och personligt ansvarstagande är« (party programme ↗)“Honesty and personal responsibility are”
• simple rules for small business»skattereglerna utformas så enkelt som möjligt« (party programme ↗)“tax rules are designed as simply as possible”

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 counter-proposal demands better follow-up, time limits and expanded revocation of F-tax approvals to stop misuse. The plan has a strong commitment to stop fraud with tax funds and that criminals cannot exploit the systems, with census and tougher penalties as tools. That speaks for the demand, even though the plan at the same time wants to drastically reduce companies' regulatory burden. Overall, the plan supports the demand, but weakly.

• stop fraud with tax fundsdecisive(2022 manifesto)
• control of registers»Ett viktigt första steg är att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige och att stoppa fusket med tillfälliga personnummer – samordningsnummer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An important first step is to establish who lives in Sweden and to stop fraud with temporary personal numbers – coordination numbers.”
• harder on benefit fraud»Skärpa straffen för bidragsbrott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Toughen penalties for benefit fraud”
• lower regulatory burden for companies»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of bureaucracy”

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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 requires that both fraud and systems that encourage fraud and corruption be countered and that penalties for welfare fraud be increased. The plan also states that fraud and trafficking in permits have become common in connection with labour immigration, which is the same abuse picture the counter-proposal attacks. Better follow-up and expanded revocation of F-tax approvals thus align with the plan, even though the plan simultaneously wants to relieve small businesses' administrative burden.

• counter fraud and corruptiondecisive»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to encourage fraud and corruption shall be countered.”
• abuse of permits»Reglerna för arbetskraftsinvandring har dessutom i praktiken slutat fungera. Korruption, fusk och handel med både uppehållstillstånd och människor är vanligt förekommande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Rules for labour immigration have also in practice ceased to function. Corruption, fraud and trafficking in both residence permits and people are common.”
• increased sanctions against fraud»Skärpa straffen för fusk inom välfärdssystemen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase penalties for fraud in welfare systems”
• regulatory simplification for small businesses»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.