Stopping

Once you have notified the Swedish Companies Registration Office, the company is automatically deregistered for F tax and VAT and you are deregistered as an employer with the Swedish Tax Agency. If you have run your business as a sole trader you have to deregister it with both the Swedish Companies Registration Office and the Swedish Tax Agency.

Bear in mind that you may have a different deregistration date for F tax, VAT and employer status. This must be mentioned in your notification.

Change of address

If you have notified the Swedish Tax Agency of a special tax address and visiting address, you need to request removal of these addresses when you cease trading.

The Tax Agency needs to maintain contact with the company even after deregistration. It is therefore important to ensure the Tax Agency has the correct address for sending tax returns, income tax declarations and tax account statements. If you have closed the company's address, you may need to set up a c /o address. This can be a company signatory or some other representative.

The Swedish Companies Registration Office should be notified of the change of address. If you have already deregistered the company with the Swedish Companies Registration Office, notify the Tax Agency of the change of address.

E-services and representatives

Have you registered someone to view or submit information on your behalf using the Tax Agency's e-services? If the answer is yes, you need to deregister this person with the agency. You can do so via e-services if you have a Swedish e-ID. You can also send written notification on a form.

Accounting

It is important to close the accounts in the correct way, whatever the legal form of the business. Final accounts must be prepared no matter when in the year you cease trading. This means the final financial year may be shorter than 12 months. It is important to enter even the very last business transactions in the accounts and keep the accounting records for ten years.