Almega, the employer and trade organisation for the Swedish services sector, is calling on the government to establish a broad inquiry with a mandate to review the entire tax system.

The organisation stated that the aim must be to change the structure in a way so that work is taxed less.

“The Swedish tax system was created for another time where wages were only a small part of the cost pie. So it does not look the reality of the companies that are now emerging. Anna-Karin Hatt, CEO of Almega, said.

The call by Almega to the government published in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

Hatt said that it is “high time to review the tax system and implement a radical reform. Today's model works poorly for the services sector and it is in these industries where there are possibilities of new jobs. Bringing in a new system should reduce taxes on labour and lower marginal tax rates.”