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Receiving a tax refund

If you are due to receive a tax refund, the money will be deposited into your bank account provided you have notified us of the account number. If you have not, you need to request disbursement of your tax refund. This page contains information about when the tax refund is made and how you go about getting it paid out to you.

Tax refunds in April

If you filed your income tax return digitally by 30 March without making any changes or adding any details to it, you will receive any tax refund due between 7 and 9 April. Here you can find out more about the criteria you have to fulfil to receive a tax refund in April:

Tax refunds in April (in Swedish)

If you have not yet received your money, it might be because you have not registered a bank account.

To register a bank account, please complete the following steps:

Provide details of the bank account into which you would like your money to be paid. It normally takes two business days for a bank account to be registered. If you have already filed your tax return, please register your bank account on “My pages” (“Mina sidor”)” or via the “Tax account” (“Skattekonto”) e-service.

Registering a Swedish bank account

Once your bank account has been registered, any tax refund due will be paid out automatically within a week.

Registering a foreign bank account

If you don’t have a Swedish bank account and would like your tax refund paid into a foreign bank account, you have to notify the Swedish Tax Agency of this in a letter signed by the authorised account holder.

State the following:

Name and address of the bank
IBAN number (if there is one) or the bank code and the account number
BIC/Swift code.

You also have to include a certification from your bank that the account you wish to register is yours. It needs to be the original, which must be stamped and signed by the bank, and not older than 6 months. If you represent a legal person, include documentation certifying that you are an authorised signatory.

Send your letter to Skatteverket in Solna or Malmö:

Skatteverket
Utlandsenheten Skattekonto
SE 171 94 Solna

Skatteverket
Utlandsenheten Skattekonto
SE 205 31 Malmö

A registered foreign bank account number will apply until you notify us of any change. If you want to change your account number to another foreign bank account number, proceed in the same way as you did the first time. If you no longer wish to have a foreign bank account number registered, notify the Swedish Tax Agency of this in writing.

Registering a Swedish bank account

If you have a bank account in a Swedish bank that you wish to register, do so via the bank giro website.

Bankgirot.se (in English)

If you have an eID you can register a bank account in any of the following ways (the e-services are in Swedish):

on Mina sidor (My Pages)
using the Skattekonto (Tax Account) e-service
in connection with filing your tax return using the Inkomstdeklaration 1 (Income tax return 1) e-service, or using the Swedish Tax Agency’s app.

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When do I receive the tax refund?

The table below shows when you will receive your final tax statement and your tax refund. If the Swedish Tax Agency needs additional information for your tax return, your final tax statement and refund may arrive on a different date than those specified in the table.

You need to have registered a bank account in order to have your tax refund paid out to you automatically. Otherwise, the money will remain in your tax account until you request that it be disbursed to you.

Request disbursement of your refund if you have not registered a bank account

When your tax refund will arrive
Method of filing your tax return	Your final tax statement will arrive	You will receive your tax refund
If you submit it digitally by 30 March, without changing or adding anything. » Tax refund in April (in Swedish)	April	7–9 April 2021
If you submit it by 3 May, digitally or on paper.	June	8–11 June 2021
If you use an accountancy firm and submit it by 15 June (accountancy respite). » If you use an accountancy firm	August	3–6 August 2021
If you have not been notified of your final tax, or if you are not registered for tax in Sweden.	December	7–10 December 2021

If your tax refund is less than SEK 100 it will not be paid out to you. Instead, the money will remain in your tax account.

Refunds if you do not have to file a tax return

The table below specifies dates for people who do not have to file a tax return. Click the link to learn more about who has to and who does not have to file a tax return.

Do I need to file a tax return?

Date of tax refund if you don’t need to file a tax return
Your age category	Your final tax statement will arrive	You will receive your tax refund
If you were born in 2000 or later and do not have to file a tax return.	April	9–12 April 2019
If you were born in 1999 or earlier and do not have to file a tax return.	August	6–9 August 2019

If your tax refund is less than SEK 100 it will not be paid out to you. Instead, the money will remain in your tax account.

Request disbursement of your refund if you have not registered a bank account

If you have registered a bank account, your tax refund will be automatically paid into it. If you have not registered a bank account well in advance of the tax refund, you will have to request that it be paid into your account. Do as follows:

Foreign account

Notify us of the account number

How to notify the Swedish Tax Agency of your foreign bank account

Once the Swedish Tax Agency has registered your account, the payment will automatically be made into it.

You can also write a letter to your local tax office to request that your money be paid to you by cheque.

Tax office addresses (in Swedish)

Swedish account

If you have an eID, do as follows:

Notify the Swedish Tax Agency of the bank account into which you want the tax refund paid. It usually takes two banking business days for your account to be registered.

Once your account number is registered, you can request that the money be paid into it. Do so by logging into the Skattekonto (Tax Account) e-service. Click Utbetalning (Disbursement) in the menu, and then Begär utbetalning (Request disbursement).

Skattekonto (Tax Account)

The money will normally be available in your account within three banking business days.

Frequently asked questions about refunds

How do I know if I will be getting a tax refund?

Your final tax statement tells you how much money you are going to be refunded, or if you have additional tax to pay.

You can see your preliminary tax in the preliminary tax calculation you receive along with your tax return form. You can also see it via the Swedish Tax Agency’s app and the Inkomstdeklaration 1 (Income tax return 1) e-service. They can also show you how your tax changes if you change or add elements on your tax return. These e-services are in Swedish.

What happens if the Tax Agency changes something on my tax return?

If the Swedish Tax Agency needs more information in order to calculate your final tax, we will contact you. If we decide to change something on your tax return, we will include a document of this decision with your final tax statement. If you are owed a refund, you will receive it in connection with the final tax statement.

What happens to my refund if I have a debt with the Enforcement Authority?

If you have a debt with the Swedish Enforcement Authority, your tax refund will first be offset against that debt. Any balance remaining will then be paid to you.

The Swedish Enforcement Authority’s website (in Swedish)

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