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AI1174 Taxation of Individual Persons and Housing 7.5 credits

Information per course offering

Termin

Information for Autumn 2025 Start 27 Oct 2025 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
27 Oct 2025 - 12 Jan 2026
Periods

Autumn 2025: P2 (7.5 hp)

Pace of study

50%

Application code

50060

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
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Number of places

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus AI1174 (Autumn 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus AI1174 (Autumn 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The purpose of the course is to provide students with a general overview of the Swedish tax system, with a particular focus on the rules governing individual and housing taxation.

The course offers an overview of the Swedish tax system, with special emphasis on the rules applicable to individual and housing taxation. It begins with an introduction to the structure of the Swedish tax system and its fundamental legal sources.

The main focus is on an overview of the basic rules concerning:

  • The structure and function of the tax system
  • Taxation of tenant-owned apartments – both qualified (genuine) and unqualified (non-genuine) housing cooperatives
  • The different categories of income
  • Property fees and real estate tax
  • Capital gains calculation and deferred taxation

Intended learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

1. Describe the basic structure and framework of the tax system.

2. Demonstrate awareness of the role of tax law both nationally and internationally.

Skills and abilities

3. Independently identify, formulate, and analyze tax law issues using relevant legal methods.

4. Conduct qualified assessments of legal problems within the field of tax law within given time frames.

5. Orally and in writing, individually or in groups, present fundamental issues based on case law or hypothetical legal scenarios within the subject areas of the course.

Evaluation ability and approach

6. Independently search for, evaluate, and analyze relevant legal sources.

7. Assess and evaluate the tax law implications of various economic transactions, particularly real estate transactions.

8. Evaluate the role and function of tax law in society, with regard to ethical and societal issues.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Knowledge within law corresponding to the content in course AI1550 Introduction to Swedish law.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • TEN2 - Written examination, 6.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • INL1 - Hand-in assignment, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle

Transitional regulations

Students who were admitted to earlier versions of the course will be able to be examined on the module TEN1, 7.5 credits, until study period 2 of autumn term 2027, and the corresponding re-examination in study period 3 of spring term 2028.