Personal Income Tax Rate in Sweden averaged 56.60 percent from 1995 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 61.40 percent in 1996 and a record low of 51.50 percent in 2000. This page provides - Sweden Personal Income Tax Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. What are the income tax rates in Sweden in 2017-2018? Swedish taxes are based on a progressive system. There’s a tax-free allowance - a lower limit of earnings under which no tax is charged - and then a two-stage tax. A base tax is paid on earnings over the tax-free allowance, with a higher tax rate applied if you earn above a second threshold. One thing missing from the discussion so far is the point that a 70 percent top tax rate exists, not merely in mid-century US tax codes or in academic papers, but also in the real world right now. Sweden has a 70 percent marginal tax rate and it kicks in, not at $10 million like AOC proposes, but at around $98,000.