Please find proposed measures from the Swedish confederation that can help companies cope with the emergency.
1. Postponement of tax payments.
2. Let companies not have to pay VAT on customer losses.
3. Increased export credits
4. Crisis loan from Almi
5. Short-term work
Please find further info in the links: Swedish version and Google Translate version in English.
Shortly after, the Governments responded.
Please find links to information from the Swedish Government.
Press release in Swedish and a Google translate version in English
It would be interesting to compare what kind of measures that other European countries are considering. If you have further info about your country’s approach, please let us know.
Contribution by Anna Sandberg Nilsson
Skatteexpert mervärdesskatt / Advisor VAT Policy
Svenskt Näringsliv Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
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