Swedish Tax Agency

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Swedish Tax Agency
Skatteverket
Director-general[2]
Parent agencyMinistry of Finance
Websitewww.skatteverket.se

The Swedish Tax Agency (Swedish: Skatteverket) is a government agency in Sweden responsible for national tax collection and administering the population registration.

The agency was formed on 1 January 2004 through the merger of the Swedish National Tax Board (Riksskatteverket) and the then 10 existing regional tax authorities (skattemyndigheter).

The Swedish Tax Agency (and prior to that, the Swedish National Tax Board) was also formerly the parent agency of the

Swedish Enforcement Administration
(Kronofogdemyndigheten). Since 1 July 2008, the Swedish Enforcement Administration is an independent agency but with close administrative ties to the Swedish Tax Agency.

The agency has local offices in over a hundred cities across Sweden, with the headquarters located in

.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Om oss" (in Swedish). Swedish Tax Agency. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Verksledningen" (in Swedish). Swedish Tax Agency. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

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