1. Ask for more time if you don't have time today

If you request a deferral, this year you can have an extra month, until June 1, for you to declare - compared to two weeks that it has been before. The easiest way is to request deferment digitally via the Swedish Tax Agency's website or by telephone, and then you will also be notified at once.

2. Skip the office visit - post the declaration directly

If you declare on paper, the Swedish Tax Agency invites you to post your tax return instead of entering a tax or service office. Because of the corona pandemic, many offices have closed to reduce the spread of infection.

This year, the Swedish Tax Agency also does not charge a delay fee if the declaration is posted by May 4, 2020, even if it means that the declaration will be received by them after the last declaration date.

3. Declare digitally

It goes much faster because several tasks are already completed, which minimizes the risk of errors. In addition, you will receive confirmation that it is ready at once.

4. Use the help services available

If you declare digitally, there are special help services that have been developed to simplify certain parts where people often make mistakes. For example, if you have sold or rented out a home, or are going to make travel deductions.

5. Register your bank account

In most cases, anyone who declares no later than May 4 will receive a tax refund at the beginning of June. If you belong to one of 800,000 Swedes who have not yet registered a bank account with the Swedish Tax Agency, it may take even longer before you receive the money. Simply register an account digitally.

65 years or older receive no delay fee

Due to the strict visitation rules prevailing within the country's elderly care, many elderly people today are unable to receive visits from family or acquaintances for help in submitting their declaration. This year, therefore, the Swedish Tax Agency has been particularly clear in highlighting the old exception rule which says that people who are 65 years of age or older do not avoid delay fees.

- We do not want the elderly to have to request a deferment, as we do not yet know whether the visitor bans may still apply in June. They will not receive a delay fee no matter how late they declare for the year, says Johan Schauman, tax expert at the Swedish Tax Agency.

This year, around 4,000 Swedes who are abroad have had to wait extra long to get their declaration papers, as several countries' postal services have been down due to the corona crisis.