SwedenArbetsmarknad och privatekonomi 16 · Labour market and personal finance
How does an employee in Sweden usually pay the tax on their wages?
In the exam (Swedish)
Hur betalar en anställd i Sverige oftast skatten på sin lön?
- aThe employee pays all the tax in cash to the municipality once a year.Den anställda betalar all skatt kontant till kommunen en gång om året.
- bThe bank deducts the tax from the wages and keeps the money.Banken drar skatten från lönen och behåller pengarna.
- cThe trade union pays the tax for its members.Facket betalar skatten åt sina medlemmar.
- dThe employer deducts the tax from the wages every month and pays it to the Swedish Tax Agency.Arbetsgivaren drar skatten från lönen varje månad och betalar in den till Skatteverket.Correct answer
Why?
The employer deducts tax from the wages before they are paid out and sends the money to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket). In the tax return (deklaration) the following year, it is checked whether you have paid the right amount of tax.
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Our own practice questions, written from the facts in UHR’s study material “Sverige i fokus” and the subjects of the ordinance (2026:451) on the citizenship test. They are not the real test questions, which are not published, and no text from the material is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Swedish. We are not affiliated with the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) or the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket).
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