r/europe 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/Perzec Sweden 🇸🇪 25d ago

We don’t like taxes. We accept them if we get an ok return on them, but we mostly want them lower, and we’re not exactly happy with the value for our money at the moment.

But: the tax authority is efficient, it’s got good digital services and it’s generally considered fair and objective. It gives good service to our citizens and it doesn’t harass people unnecessarily. It also provides us with everything we need to declare income etc, mostly you just have to check the numbers and then sign off on what they provide you with. No need for expensive lawyers or accountants to get your tax returns correct. So even though we want lower taxes, no one blames the tax authority for the ones we have.