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Swedish govt scraps plans to raise taxes
Published Sun, Aug 27, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Stockholm
SWEDEN'S minority government has withdrawn two contested tax increase proposals to avert potential no-confidence motions and get a budget passed before next year's election.
The Social Democratic-led government on Saturday said it won't go ahead with a plan to make more people pay state income tax and also backed off raising taxes on small businesses through chang…
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