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Can you deduct congestion tax in your tax return?

What Skatteverket says about road fees in the travel deduction.

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Short answer

Yes, congestion tax paid on trips to and from work can be deducted, for the year you made the trips, under the travel deduction rules. The travel deduction counts only costs above SEK 11,000 (income year 2025) or SEK 15,000 (from income year 2026), and car trips need a time saving of at least two hours a day.

Congestion tax basics Illustration of a car on a forest road with a moose warning sign and a car key

Why

  1. If you had road, bridge or ferry fees on trips to and from work, you may deduct the costs you actually had, according to the Swedish Tax Agency.
  2. You deduct for the year you made the trips, even if you paid the congestion tax the following year, according to the Swedish Tax Agency.
  3. The travel deduction applies only to the part of your costs above SEK 11,000 for income year 2025 and above SEK 15,000 from income year 2026, according to the Swedish Tax Agency.

Details

For your own car the standard amount is SEK 25 per mil (10 km), and the deduction also requires a time saving of at least two hours a day for the outward and return trip compared with public transport, and a distance of at least 5 km between home and workplace, according to Skatteverket. For how the tax is charged and invoiced, see the congestion tax basics, and for other car costs in Stockholm see how many minutes over the time you can park in Stockholm.

Tip

Your tax decisions and preliminary daily amounts are available in Mina sidor or the Transport Agency's e-service, which helps when you add up the year's costs.

What may differ

The rule described here covers trips between home and work. A visitor paying congestion tax on a holiday trip has no work trips to deduct.

Common misconception

Congestion tax can be deducted for every trip you make by car.

What actually happens

The Swedish Tax Agency's rule covers trips to and from work and sits inside the travel deduction, which has a threshold and conditions such as a time saving of at least two hours a day for car trips.

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Sources

This answer is for reference only. Rules can change, so check the Swedish Tax Agency before you file.

Congestion tax basics
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