The Ease of Paying Taxes
Sweden has just about the highest taxes in the world, but a new survey gives mixed marks to the tax collection system here.
The report, Paying Taxes 2008, has been compiled by the World Bank and the professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The report, Paying Taxes 2008, has been compiled by the World Bank and the professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers. While Sweden comes in 141st place out of 178 countries in the level of taxes levied on companies, the survey also says Swedish businesses have to spend less time and resources administering their tax bill than those in most other countries.
The report is part of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2008 survey, which concluded that Sweden is in 14th place overall in the ease of doing business.
