2022.04.19

APPLiA's response to the consultation on the Electronics Tax

On April 19, we submitted our consultation response to ”A simpler and clearer chemicals tax” in which we state that it is clearly shown that the purpose of the law is not being achieved, as has also been stated by investigating authorities on several occasions, and therefore the electronics tax should be removed. The intention of an environmental tax must be to drive change towards environmental goals, not to generate continuous revenue for the state, which we cannot support.

In short, it is mainly about the following:

• If the tax is retained, companies must be able to obtain a 100 percent deduction if specified taxable chemicals are not present in the products.

That the tax rate needs to be significantly reduced because the new rules will otherwise cause increased tax revenue for the state, which is not the intention of the proposed amendment to the law.

Read the consultation response here A simpler and clearer chemical tax.