Tax deductions and Reporting (Sweden)

All Swedish charities approved by Skatteverket can offer donors a tax deduction. Only donations of more than 200 kr qualify for a tax deduction. Read more here.

Important: This scheme was introduced after the majority of our Swedish charities became customers of BetterNow. In order to offer this to your donors, we need to update your status in our system — please contact us directly to enable this if you have been approved by Skatteverket.

How it works for donors

The Swedish system is quite complex, but we do our best to inform donors of the conditions for receiving a tax deduction.

When giving a donation, the donor will be asked to certify the following:

"Jag vill ha skattereduktion för min donation och intygar härmed att jag betalar skatt i Sverige och fyller 18 år senast i år. Du måste donera 200 kr till [charity name] nu och mer än 2 000 kr till organisationer som är godkänts för skattereduktion per år, för att få skattereduktion. Du kan få 25% av din donation i skattereduktion, dock högst 1 500 kr. Skattereduktionen kommer att rapporteras av [charity name] till Skatteverket."

They must also add their personnummer (for individuals) or corporate ID (for companies). We validate the personnummer when entered.

Reporting of tax deductions

Swedish personnummers are reported in the format: YYYYMMDDXXXX

It is your responsibility, as the charity, to report tax deductions. We include tax deductions and IDs in all monthly reports, and this information can also be downloaded from the export functionality in your dashboard throughout the year.

In addition, we generate an extra tax deduction report for you. This report is generated for any charity with tax deductions to report and can be downloaded from your dashboard under ‘Reports’ (look for the link above the list of your usual reports).

Note: Even though donors are informed that only donations of a minimum of 200 kr qualify, they may still request tax deductions on donations below this amount. You will therefore need to remove any donations under 200 kr from the report before submitting it.

Updated on: 12/07/2025