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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.

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) External link.

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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Registering a Swedish bank account without eID

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) External link.

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 in a letter signed by the authorised account holder.

The notification must contain:

Your name, your Swedish personal identity number or coordination number, contact information
Name and address of the bank
IBAN number and BIC for your bank account
Your signature and name clarification.

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 and not older than 6 months. The certificate can't be sent by e-mail or fax.

The certificate must contain:

Your name and date of birth
IBAN and BIC for your bank account
Name and address of the bank
Dated
signed by a bank clerk at the bank, also name clarification.

If you represent a legal person, include documentation certifying that you are an authorised signatory.

Send your letter to Skatteverket:

Skatteverket
Likvidgruppen
831 87 Östersund

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.

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.

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	5–8 April 2022
If you submit it by 2 May, digitally or on paper.	June	8–10 June 2022
If you use an accountancy firm and submit it by 15 June (accountancy respite). » If you use an accountancy firm	August	9–12 August 2022
If you have not been notified of your final tax, or if you are not registered for tax in Sweden.	December	6–9 December 2022

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 2003 or later and do not have to file a tax return.	April	5–8 April 2022
If you were born in 2002 or earlier and do not have to file a tax return.	August	9–12 August 2022

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:

Swedish account

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.
Begär utbetalning (Request disbursement).
Choose hela överskottet (the entire surplus) or belopp (a specified amount)
Click Nästa (next)
If the information is correct. Fill in the box ”Jag har granskat ovanstående uppgift och vill skicka in den”. (I have reviewed the information and want to send it)
Click Skicka in (submit). You need to sign with your Swedish e-identification.
You will then receive a kvittens, a confirmation that your request has been filed.

Skattekonto (Tax Account)

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

Foreign account

Notify us of the account number

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

Send a request for payment to the Swedish Tax-Agency.

Skatteverket
Utlandsenheten Skattekonto
205 31 Malmö

You can send the request for payment together with your notification about your bank account. 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 and not older than 6 months. The certificate can't be sent by e-mail or fax.

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)

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) External link.

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