Swedish Taxation Developments since 1862

By taking the long view on the evolution of this country's tax policies through the past few decades, Henrekson and Stenkula explain how Sweden developed the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in the world, until the beginning of the 2000s.

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Swedish Taxation

10.1057/9781137478153 - Swedish Taxation, Edited by Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula

10.1057/9781137478153 - Swedish Taxation, Edited by Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula

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Developments since 1862

Edited by Magnus Henrekson and

Mikael Stenkula

10.1057/9781137478153 - Swedish Taxation, Edited by Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula

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Swedish Taxation

swedish taxation

Copyright © Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula, 2015. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–47814–6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data    Swedish taxation : developments since 1862 / edited by Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula.     pages cm    Includes bibliographical references and index.    ISBN 978–1–137–47814–6 (hardback : alk. paper)    1. Taxation—Sweden—History. I. Henrekson, Magnus. II. Stenkula, Mikael. HJ2835.S94 2014 336.2009485—dc23

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List of Figures

vii

List of Tables

xi

Foreword

xv

About the Authors 1 Swedish Taxation since 1862: An Introduction and Overview Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula

xvii 1

2 Swedish Labor Income Taxation (1862–2013) Gunnar Du Rietz, Dan Johansson, and Mikael Stenkula

35

3 Swedish Capital Income Taxation (1862–2013) Gunnar Du Rietz, Dan Johansson, and Mikael Stenkula

123

4 Taxation of Goods and Services in Sweden (1862–2013) Mikael Stenkula

179

5 Swedish Inheritance and Gift Taxation (1885–2004) Gunnar Du Rietz, Magnus Henrekson, and Daniel Waldenström

223

6 Swedish Wealth Taxation (1911–2007) Gunnar Du Rietz and Magnus Henrekson

267

7 Taxation of Real Estate in Sweden (1862–2013) Mikael Stenkula

303

Index

329

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