- It is a very, very sharp increase in large debts that drives up the amount of debt.
Unfortunately, the same development will continue in 2022, so it does not look good, says Davor Vuleta, analyst at the Swedish Enforcement Agency.
Corporate debt with the Enforcement Officer increased last year to a record level of approximately SEK 32.8 billion.
This is an increase of 44 percent from 2020, when debt was approximately SEK 22.8 billion.
The explanation is the Swedish Tax Agency's great demands in the mobile loophole, where inflated and fake trade in mobile phones and IP telephony has led to Swedish taxpayers being cheated of billions in VAT money.
When SVT goes through the 20 Swedish companies that today have the largest debts with the bailiff, it turns out that all but one were singled out as involved in the mobile looting by the Swedish Tax Agency.
Only those companies have claims of more than SEK fifteen billion.
Arrested CEO can be seen partying on social media
In several cases, the principals behind the companies with the greatest demands have left Sweden.
On social media, the CEO of Iskana, one of the companies with billions in claims from the Swedish Tax Agency, can be seen partying in a country that does not have an extradition agreement with Sweden (see video).
The man has been in custody in his absence for over a year and a half.
In an email to SVT News, the man denies the suspicions and says that Iskana "acted by the book".
The company IGT general trade has the largest requirements and is required to pay almost SEK 3 billion by the Swedish Tax Agency.
The owner, who was convicted of VAT fraud in Scotland before moving to Sweden, now lives in a country in Asia according to his social media.
A preliminary investigation is underway against the company, SVT has searched for the man without success.
Small opportunities to drive in
Most companies with the largest claims are bankrupt and the opportunities for the Enforcement Officer to collect the Swedish Tax Agency's claims are considered small.
- Many of the large debts that have come in recently stem from the mobile scam and there are no assets to collect, says Davor Vuleta, analyst at Kronofogden.
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