R&D Payroll Tax Reduction (FoU-avdrag)
Provides Swedish employer contribution relief through Skatteverket for companies with qualifying innovation staff.
FoU-avdrag is Sweden's statutory research-and-development payroll tax reduction, administered by Skatteverket (the Swedish Tax Agency) under the Ministry of Finance. The mechanism allows employers conducting qualified research and development activities to reduce their employer social-contribution payments (arbetsgivaravgift) for R&D personnel. The reduction is claimed automatically through the mo…
Statutory Swedish employer payroll tax reduction on social contributions for qualifying R&D personnel, claimed automatically via monthly payroll filing with no competitive application.
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