Public information on taxes
All documentation related to taxpayers’ taxes is primarily confidential because the documents have to do with personal financial affairs, current financial standing, taxpayers’ private lives. However, present law provides detailed rules for the selection of some documents and registered data for public release.
The aim with public tax information is to increase openness in society. Public information enables a public debate on wage levels, for example, and how taxes are divided between different taxpayers.
The information that can be released includes a compact list of facts on the previous year’s income taxation, a similar list on real estate taxes, the contents of the prepayment and VAT registers, and the contents of BIS, the Business Information System.