The disclosure is published in several European major newspapers and was developed by the International Journalist Network ICIJ.
– We do not have any information other than that which appeared in the media . But we are preparing a formal request to the French authorities about getting access the data, says Katrina Birch is the Tax Agency’s national coordinator of international tax.
– What we know is that the data are of little older date and can apply to people who had time to submit information to us or already requested a so-called self-correcting, says Katrina Birch.
The information contained in journalism network’s website, includes, among others, a number of international celebrities like actors Christian Slater and Joan Collins, musician Phil Collins and the footballer Diego Forlan linked to accounts in the bank.
More than 500 accounts reported to have connections to Sweden, although only a third of them claimed to cover their Swedish passports. The data refers to who is behind the anonymous numbered accounts and mailbox companies in tax havens. The material covers the period from 1988 to 2007.
The Swedish Tax Agency will now handle tasks like handling other tips about Swedes who are suspected of being resident in Sweden. These people have already left or voluntarily submit information about their assets, they pay taxes in Sweden, but do not have others after bills.
But if the information is provided only after prompting from the Tax can be contemplated tax or, in serious cases , suspicion of tax evasion.
Last year, 2700 people so-called self-correcting foreign income which gave Sweden a total of 329 million in increased tax revenue, according to the Tax Agency.
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