Changing and deregister your business
When your business in Sweden changes in any way that may affect your taxes, you must inform the Swedish Tax Agency about the changes and, in some cases, change your registration. You may also need to change your preliminary tax.
If you started your business in Sweden you need to report the following changes to the Swedish Tax Agency:
- Change of accounting year
- Change of taxation period for VAT
- Changes in the nature of your business activities
- Starting or ceasing to employ personnel
- Changes in ownership for Swedish companies that are taxed in accordance with the Regulations for Closely Held Companies (in Swedish: fåmans företags reglerna)
The SKV 4639 form can be used to report such changes.
Notification of changes (SKV 4639)
VAT registration for your business: making changes
Foreign businesses established in Sweden
Examples of changes that you need to inform the Swedish Tax Agency about:
- Change of address
- Longer or shorter duration of stay in Sweden
- Longer or shorter construction projects in Sweden
- Starting or ceasing to employ personnel in Sweden
- Changes in the business activities performed in Sweden
- Increase or decrease in profits that affects preliminary tax
- Change of accounting year
- Change of tax period for VAT
- Deregister a business
- Preliminary income tax for businesses and associations
- VAT registration for your business: making changes
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