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Guidelines for Assessing Financial Services in State Land Leasing to Electricity Producers

  • Page updated on 2025-06-24 with guidelines from the VAT committee
  • Considerations for assessing if a hedging service in state land leasing to electricity producers is a financial service
  • Securities trading and similar activities are exempt from VAT
  • Definition of securities trading includes provision and mediation of shares and other securities
  • Management of securities funds and special funds is considered securities trading
  • Payments for shares, securities, and related fees are VAT-exempt
  • Similar exemptions exist in the VAT directive for transactions involving bonds and other securities
  • Examples of other securities include standardized options and futures on regulated markets
  • Discount cards offering price reductions are not considered securities or transferable debt instruments under the VAT directive

Source: www4.skatteverket.se

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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