@pk Hello again, and thanks so much for taking the time to look into this in more detail!
The property tax that I mention is for a property in Sweden. In terms of my US declaration I do not itemize my deductions but take the standard deduction. I was just trying to give a complete view of the different taxes and fees that are assessed in Sweden to make sure that I did not miss anything that you would consider important to include. But in the past I have not used anything but the items that are specifically connected to my active or passive income when preparing my US declaration. I looked up the official english translation of some of the things that I had written in the table and am including some more information below.
"Taxes on wages": This is the combined amount of taxes that are shown in my final Swedish tax bill for municipal income tax and State employment tax on business income.
"Working taxes reduction": A tax reduction for earned income (employment tax credit) on earned income. The size of the employment tax deduction depends on how big the earnings are and whether I am over or under 65 at the start of the income year.
"Property tax": Actually translates to real estate fee which is a municipal property tax. The size of the property tax is calculated using the assessed value of the property but can never be higher than a ceiling amount.
"Burial tax": Actually translates to burial fee . This among other things, covers costs for care of burial grounds, cremation and burial. However, the fee is not linked to individual funerals.
"Public service tax": Actually translates to public service fee. The public service fee goes to the public service companies, i.e. Swedish Radio (SR), Swedish Television (SVT) and Swedish Educational Radio (UR).
Tax reduction for mortgage interest: It is possible to deduct 30% of interest costs, up to SEK 100,000.
