Authorities critical to rutavdrag – Västerbotten Courier

Several expert authorities is critical to the government’s proposal to extend rutavdraget to include resettlement and IT services.

According to Sydsvenskan believe four of them, including the Employment service, that it leads to getting new jobs and that they could lead to benefit fraud.

and IFAU Institute for Labour Market and education policy evaluation think rutavdrag for iT services is out of fashion.

“to subsidize home visit to a greater degree than the iT services provided at a distance is questionable because it can generate efficiency losses,” claims IFAU the newspaper said.

the authorities, however, the green light for rutavdrag for tree pruning. Tax Agency also wants to extend the proposal to include services such as composting and fuel. Employment Office think that the planting of flowerbeds and replanting of trees and shrubs should be covered.