Swedish tax law contains – apart from a vast and detailed tax legislation – two main approaches against the type of tax minimization commonly referred to as tax evasion. These are the General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) and the case law based principle that taxation should be based on the true implications of a transaction. According to the Swedish constitution, taxation may only be conducted if there is tax legislation corresponding to the situation at hand. Analogies are not permitted. The vague formulation of the Tax Evasion Law and the case law principle have therefore been questioned. Tax evasion procedures lead to hundreds of billions SEK being withheld from the treasury every year. Therefore, minimizing these procedures is a pressing ...