Sweden — Anti VAT fraud powers

On 6 May 2026 the Riksdag voted in favour of the Government's proposal for tougher rules against VAT fraud; from 1 July 2026 the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) may perform additional checks on VAT-registration applications, reject applications or cancel an existing VAT registration, mark a VAT number as invalid in the EU VIES exchange system, and decline to credit excess input VAT where there is a risk of tax evasion.