Work out your moving costs
Enter the amounts from your quotes and receipts in kronor. Ask the removal company and the cleaning company to state the labour cost separately, because only that qualifies for the RUT tax deduction. Empty fields count as zero.
- Before RUT tax deduction
- 0 kr
- RUT tax deduction
- 0 kr
- You pay
- 0 kr
The RUT tax deduction reaches the cap: you have no more left of this year's 75,000 kr.
The RUT tax deduction is 50 per cent of the labour cost, and ROT and RUT together are at most 75,000 kr per person and year (67 kap. 19 § inkomstskattelagen). The calculator counts one person. Moving van, fuel, boxes and storage rent give no deduction, according to Skatteverket. The calculator is guidance; the deduction is made by the company on the invoice.
How to work out the moving cost
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Step 1: Make a list of what is to be moved and how many rooms there are. The moving list counts the boxes.
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Step 2: Request quotes from at least three removal companies and ask them to show the labour cost separately. our advice
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Step 3: Calculate the RUT tax deduction on the labour cost: 50 per cent, at most what you have left of this year's 75,000 kr.
67 kap. 19 § inkomstskattelag (1999:1229), checked 3 October 2026
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Step 4: Add what gives no deduction: moving van, fuel, boxes and storage rent.
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Step 5: Count double rent if the notice period on the old home overlaps the new one. The notice period is three months to the end of a month.
12 kap. 4 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 3 October 2026
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Step 6: Add mail forwarding if you want your post forwarded.
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Step 7: Add move-out cleaning, which also qualifies for the RUT tax deduction.
67 kap. 13 § 1 och 7 inkomstskattelag (1999:1229), checked 3 October 2026
Which parts of the move qualify for the RUT tax deduction?
Packing, carrying, loading and transport of your own household goods between your homes and to and from storage. It also covers taking apart and reassembling furniture that cannot be moved whole, and putting up and taking down pictures, curtains and light fittings in direct connection with the move. Move-out cleaning also qualifies.
Source: Skatteverket: List of RUT services.
What gives no RUT tax deduction?
Moving van, fuel, moving boxes and storage rent. Nor does transport of the household goods by air or sea, or moving furniture from a furniture shop or to and from another private person. Materials and travel on the invoice give no deduction either.
Source: Skatteverket: List of RUT work, Skatteverket: How the RUT tax deduction works.
How much does the RUT tax deduction reduce the moving cost?
The company deducts at most 50 per cent of the labour cost directly on the invoice. The ROT and RUT tax deductions together are at most 75,000 kr per person and year, and at most 50,000 kr of that may be ROT. If you have already used deductions this year, for example for cleaning, enter that in the calculator.
Source: Skatteverket: How the RUT tax deduction works, Inkomstskattelag (1999:1229), 52 and 67 kap. (riksdagen.se).
What does double rent cost?
A rental apartment has a three-month notice period to the next month change. If you take over the new home before the old rental period is over, you pay both rents during those months. Enter the rent and number of months in the calculator. You determine the exact day using the termination calculator. If you move for work and keep the old home, you may be eligible for double residence deduction.
Source: Jordabalken, 12 kap. (riksdagen.se). 12 kap. 4 § jordabalken (the Swedish Land Code).
Does the change of address cost anything?
The flyttanmälan (notification of change of address) to Skatteverket is free, as is the change of address with Svensk Adressändring. Mail forwarding does cost: for a household 698 kr for three months, 798 for six and 998 for twelve, and for anyone under 26 or a student 298, 348 and 398 kr. More in the guide on mail forwarding.
Source: Skatteverket: Registered at the right address, Svensk Adressändring: Change of address and mail forwarding. Prices retrieved 2 October 2026.
Is it cheaper to move yourself?
It depends on the removal company's quote, and we do not compare prices without a source. What you should count on is that the RUT tax deduction only applies to work carried out by a company, so you pay the trailer rent and the fuel in full. So compare the quote's price after the deduction with the cost of a car or trailer. Read about renting a trailer or van one way, and about what removal companies charge.
Source: Skatteverket: List of RUT services.
Can social services help pay for the move?
You can apply for financial assistance from social services. Arbetsförmedlingen (the Swedish Public Employment Service) no longer has a moving allowance: the regulation on moving allowances was repealed on 1 September 2015. What remains is travel allowance when you, as a registered job seeker, visit an employer in another location, and when the employer pays for the move when you change jobs, the compensation is tax-free. More about both can be found in the section on moving allowance and moving compensation.
If you cannot pay for the move yourself, you apply for assistance from the social services in your municipality. The one who cannot manage their economic needs themselves is entitled to assistance for their livelihood and other living expenses, and the social committee may provide assistance beyond that if there are reasons. Moving costs are not mentioned in the law, so the social committee assesses each application individually.
Source: Regulation (1999:594) on moving allowance, repealed 2015 (riksdagen.se), Regulation (2015:500) on travel allowance (riksdagen.se), Social Services Act (2025:400) (riksdagen.se). 12 chap. 1 and 2 §§ Social Services Act (2025:400).
12 kap. 1 § socialtjänstlag (2025:400), checked 3 October 2026
12 kap. 2 § socialtjänstlag (2025:400), checked 3 October 2026
Removal company and move-out cleaning in your city
The quote is the largest item. We have checked removal companies in 23 cities and cleaning companies in several of them, with our favourite first. No one pays to be listed. Choose a city to see them.
- Stockholm
- Gothenburg
- Malmö
- Uppsala
- Linköping
- Västerås
- Örebro
- Helsingborg
- Jönköping
- Norrköping
- Umeå
- Lund
- Gothenburg
- Eskilstuna
- Halmstad
- Gävle
- Sundsvall
- Karlstad
- Växjö
- Kalmar
- Karlskrona
- Gotland
- Falun
- Nyköping
Template for a quote request
Send the same request to all the companies, so the quotes can be compared. All templates are under templates for the move.
Email: Quote request to a removal company To: The removal company
The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.
- The RUT tax deduction is given only for the work, not for the moving van, fuel or boxes (Skatteverket).
- The contractor must be approved for F-skatt for you to get the RUT tax deduction (67 kap. 16 § inkomstskattelagen).
- Check the organisation number in Transportstyrelsen's e-service Kontrollera trafiktillstånd.
Common questions
Do I get the RUT tax deduction if I rent a moving van and carry things myself?
No. Skatteverket gives no deduction for a moving van or fuel, and the deduction applies to work carried out by a company.
Do I get the RUT tax deduction for a move to another country?
Yes, if the move is between homes within the EU/EEA or Switzerland and the company has Swedish F-skatt. Transport by air or sea gives no deduction, according to Skatteverket.
What does it cost to move a house?
It is the same items as for an apartment: removal company's work, car, boxes, possibly storage and move-out cleaning. A house usually has more belongings, and then it becomes more working hours and more boxes. Count the boxes with the moving list, ask for a quote with the labour cost for it and enter it in the calculator. The RUT tax deduction applies to the work regardless of whether you move from a villa, terraced house or apartment.
Does storage qualify for the RUT tax deduction?
The move to and from the storage unit qualifies, but the storage rent does not, according to Skatteverket.
The law behind it
The sections summarised, with a link to the legal text on riksdagen.se.
67 kap. 13 § 1 och 7 inkomstskattelag (1999:1229), checked 3 October 2026
Household work includes move-out cleaning in the home (point 1) and moving household goods and other personal property between homes and to and from storage (point 7).
67 kap. 19 § inkomstskattelag (1999:1229), checked 3 October 2026
The tax reduction is 50 per cent of the basis for household work under 13 § and may total at most 75,000 kr per tax year, of which at most 50,000 kr for ROT work.
12 kap. 4 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 3 October 2026
A tenancy agreement of indefinite duration for a residential apartment can, unless a longer notice period has been agreed, be terminated for the end of the month that falls nearest after three months from the notice.