Tax account – Pay tax

If you are liable for Swedish income tax, you are expected to pay the tax which is stated in your income declaration.

Use our e-services (in Swedish)

You can log in to our tax account e-service (Skattekonto) to view your current balance and all booked and upcoming transactions, and to check or register a bank account (requires Swedish e-identification)
Our e-service "OCR Beräkning" will generate your unique OCR number on request. You will need this OCR number when making payments to your tax account.
You can use our e-service "Räkna ut din skatt" to help you calculate your tax if you sell a property, own a business, or want to work out your monthly salary after tax. You can also calculate your ROT (repairs, conversion and extension) and RUT (cleaning, maintenance and laundry) deductions

Öppettider: 05-03

Öppettider: 00-24

The interest rate on your tax account will increase on 1 August 2023.

The interest applied to your tax account is linked to a base interest rate which fluctuates in line with interest rates nationally.

On 1 August 2023, the lower interest charge rate will increase from 3.75% to 5%, and the higher interest charge rate will rise from 18.75% to 20%.

The interest credit rate of 1.6875% that currently applies to a positive tax account balance will increase to 2.25%.

How your tax account works

Everyone who has to pay any form of tax to the Swedish Tax Agency is assigned a personal tax account. The tax account summarizes your tax payments, your preliminary tax as shown by income statements and your final tax as shown by your final tax statement.

You can make payment to your tax account at any time, for example when you want to make a payment to cover future taxes, or to avoid interest expenses. A payment cannot be reserved for a specific tax or charge as it is set off against the total deficit on the tax account.

How to pay

Pay through your bank

You can make payment to your tax account by paying through your bank over the Internet.

Swedish Tax Agencys bank giro account: 5050 - 1055

In order for Skatteverket to credit your payment, you must cite your personal identification number or organisation registration number or special registration number or your OCR-number.

If you cite your personal identification number or organisation number or special registration number it should be in the following format: xxxxxx-xxxx.

The OCR-number is 13 digits long and should be in following format xxxxxxxxxxxxx. If you do not know your OCR-number, you can try our OCR-calculation.

Payments from abroad

If you are paying from abroad, use the following international bank account number and codes:

IBAN: SE56 8000 0890 1196 4624 0516
BIC/SWIFT code: SWEDSESS
Bank: Swedbank AB, SE-105 34 Stockholm
Payee: Skatteverket, SE-831 87 Östersund

Bear the following in mind when paying from abroad:

Specify IBAN and BIC at payment.
In order for us to credit your payment, you must cite your personal identity number or organisation registration number.

Pay by using Swish

You can pay up to a maximum of SEK 40,000 per day into your tax account using Swish. You can either log in via “My Pages” (“Mina sidor”) or the tax account e-service “Skattekonto” itself, then follow the instructions.

We cannot accept cheque payments, all payments must be made via deposit into the account of the Swedish Tax Agency.

When to pay

A payment has to be made and recorded in the Swedish Tax Agency's account no later than on the due date. Therefore, it is not enough to make the payment as late as on the due date.

There are fixed due dates for payments of tax. Generally, the due date for the payment of any preliminary tax is either on the 12th of each month. In January and August the due date is on the 17th.

You always have at least 90 days to pay from the date of decision shown on the final tax statement. The due date is shown in the calculation you receive together with the final tax statement. If you wish to avoid interest expenses you can pay earlier.