Author Description

This book describes how the Swedish tax system has evolved since World War II and how political parties, and to a greater extent how individual politicians, influential lobbyists, special interest and other groups involved in the legislative process, have acted and influenced the final result. After an introduction to the Swedish political system and the scope for external influence, the author discusses fiscal trends in Sweden from 1948 to 1990, the tax reform of the century, designing new corporate taxation, designing new individual taxation, political implications, some important battles after the tax reform, abolition of the inheritance tax and retention of the wealth tax, the issue of property taxation, taxation of close companies, fiscal policy of the moderate/liberal government between 2006 and 2010, and EU fiscal policy.