VAT in Sweden

VAT is often the first recurring filing a new Swedish company meets, well before its first annual accounts. A company owned from abroad registers with Skatteverket, charges Swedish VAT on taxable sales, deducts the VAT on its business purchases and reports both in periodic returns. Skatteverket’s VAT registration page requires registration for VAT-liable activity once annual turnover for the calendar year exceeds SEK 120,000, and allows voluntary registration below that. Its VAT guidance adds that a return must be filed for each reporting period even when there is no VAT to report. Sales to customers in other EU countries, imports and services bought from foreign suppliers each have their own reporting rules. Those cross-border flows are where a company with a foreign parent tends to make mistakes.

Firms offering VAT in Sweden

KPMG AB

Accounting firm · International network

Stockholm

  • Company formation
  • Tax compliance
  • VAT
  • +1 more

Languages: Swedish · English

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Wint

Accounting firm · Boutique firm

Gothenburg

  • Company formation
  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Tax compliance
  • +3 more
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BTR Group

Accounting firm · Boutique firm

Stockholm

  • Company formation
  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Tax compliance
  • +3 more

Languages: English · Swedish

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52 more firms offering VAT in Sweden

What to ask a VAT adviser in Sweden

Ask whether the firm will handle the registration and file every return itself, how it checks that your sales invoices carry the details Swedish rules require, and how it reconciles each return to the ledger. Ask how it treats services invoiced by your parent company, goods shipped from another EU country and any EU sales lists you need to submit. Confirm who answers a VAT query from Skatteverket.

Firms that handle VAT

Seventy-six firms on Accountanty handle VAT in Sweden: 71 accounting firms, four corporate service providers and one law firm. Fifty-five are small, 11 medium-sized and ten belong to large networks, and 33 focus on foreign clients. Thirty-nine are in Stockholm, 26 in Gothenburg and three in Mölndal. For income tax and employer filings, see tax compliance in Sweden.

Frequently asked questions

When should a new Swedish company register for VAT?

Skatteverket requires registration for VAT-liable activity once annual turnover for the calendar year exceeds SEK 120,000, and a company can register voluntarily below that. Ask your adviser to confirm the position in writing before the first invoice goes out.

Can a Swedish firm file VAT returns for an owner abroad?

Yes. Seventy-six firms on Accountanty handle VAT in Sweden, 33 of them focused on foreign clients and 35 working in English. Agree who approves each return and how the payment leaves the company account.

What records does a VAT adviser in Sweden need from me?

Sales and purchase invoices, bank statements, customs papers for imports and the contracts behind any services bought from outside Sweden. If the same firm keeps the books, it can pull most of this from the ledger.

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General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules, rates and fees change: check them with the official sources linked on this page or with a qualified adviser before you act.