The Supreme Administrative Court is to consider Klövern’s tax surcharge case

2010-11-08

The Supreme Administrative Court has granted the Tax Agency leave to appeal against the judgment of the Administrative Court of Appeal in February 2010 concerning a tax surcharge of SEK 493 million. Klövern has previously won the case at both the County Administrative Court and the Administrative Court of Appeal. It will now be considered by the Supreme Administrative Court as the final instance.

The Tax Agency imposed a tax surcharge of SEK 493 million on Klövern in the spring of 2006. Klövern appealed against the decision on a tax surcharge, and the matter was determined most recently by the Administrative Court of Appeal in February 2010. Klövern won and according to the judgment of the Administrative Court of Appeal, a tax surcharge cannot be imposed as no consideration of the matter had taken place after Klövern had withdrawn its request for a deduction. The Supreme Administrative Court is the last instance and will finally settle the matter of a tax surcharge. However, it may take around six months before the Supreme Administrative Court notifies its judgment. The tax surcharge has not been paid or expensed but has been recorded as a contingent liability.

 

“We believe, of course, that the Supreme Administrative Court will dismiss the appeal and confirm the judgment of the Administrative Court of Appeal so that the tax surcharge is finally quashed”; says Klövern’s CEO, Gustaf Hermelin.

 

“It is not unexpected that the Supreme Administrative Court has granted leave to appeal on an issue of such principled importance. However, our view is that a tax surcharge may not be imposed in the way that has been done. This is clearly shown by the judgments of both the County Administrative Court and the Administrative Court of Appeal”, say Klövern’s attorneys Thomas Andersson, Deloitte and Börje Leidhammar, Wistrand law firm.

 

The background to the Tax Agency’s decision to impose a tax surcharge is that Klövern requested reconsideration of tax assessment for 2003 in December 2003, when the company requested an additional deduction for loss of SEK 4,933 million. This loss related to sale of a subsidiary that took place during the period when the company was an IT company.

 

The Tax Agency considered that Klövern was not entitled to the deduction and moreover considered imposing a tax surcharge of SEK 493 million. For this reason, Klövern withdrew its request for a deduction. The Tax Agency imposed a tax surcharge of SEK 493 million despite the Tax Agency no longer having a request for a deduction on which to take a position.

 

Klövern will apply to the Supreme Administrative Court for leave to appeal regarding the matter of a further deduction for the loss of almost SEK 5 billion.


Nyköping, 8 November 2010

 

Klövern AB (publ)

 

For further information, please contact:
Gustaf Hermelin, CEO, +46 155-44 33 10/+46 70-560 00 00, gustaf.hermelin@klovern.se
Britt-Marie Einar, Finance and IR Manager, +46 155-44 33 12/+46 70-224 29 35,
britt-marie.einar@klovern.se

 

Klövern is a real estate company committed to working closely with customers to meet their needs of premises and services in Swedish growth regions. Klövern has business units in ten cities: Borås, Karlstad, Kista, Linköping, Norrköping, Nyköping, Täby, Uppsala, Västerås and Örebro. The value of the properties as at 30 September 2010, totalled approximately SEK 12.2 billion and the rental income on an annual basis was approximately SEK 1.4 billion. The Klövern share is listed on Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm for medium-sized companies.

 

Klövern AB (publ), Box 1024, SE-611 29 Nyköping, Sweden. Phone +46 155-44 33 00, Fax +46 155-44 33 22. Corporate registration no. 556482-5833. Registered office: Nyköping. kelly.corem.se




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