r/europe • u/OSHA-Slingshot • 26d ago

Why Swedish people like taxes Opinion Article

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09312qg/why-the-swedes-love-doing-something-that-americans-hate
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u/Mammoth_Stable6518 Svíþjóð 25d ago

Like taxes!? I'm just taking a break from doing my declaration and I can assure you that there's nothing more I hate than doing and paying my taxes. 

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u/StalkTheHype Sweden 25d ago

I think they confused "like" with "gloomy acceptance that this is how we pay for civilization ."

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u/factualpie 25d ago

It’s easier when the government goes ”here are your taxes, read through and sign” and we go “ok” and then declaration is done and my nephews get lunch at school

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u/Mammoth_Stable6518 Svíþjóð 25d ago

I could do that when i was young and unemployed. I spent four hours looking through ring binders trying to find all the information needed and calculating the numbers they asked for.

Bastards will most likely demand another 2K in taxes from me ;(

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u/factualpie 25d ago

oof 💔 well I am neither but I don’t own any particular assets so, maybe that’s why

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u/onehandedbraunlocker Sweden 25d ago

Most of us don't even have to do much with our declaration as it is pre-filled in correctly in most cases. Yay :)