[3] The association was first founded in the spring of 1921 under the initiative of Marcus Wallenberg Sr., former CEO of the Stockholms Enskilda Bank, to promote better management of tax revenue.
[7] In 2016, the association revealed to the public that 200,000 retirees missed the promised tax relief because of the wrong calculation from the government institutions.
[9][10] According to its statutes, the association works to promote the following goals: Both natural and legal persons are entitled to membership.
Members pay prescribed fees for the association, which is decided by the annual general meeting.
[12] Its main goal was to gain greater influence within the association, by getting their supporters to attend the annual general meeting in Malmo, to lead the organization in the direction of Sweden Democrats’ policy to emphasize the negative impact and burden of immigration on domestic taxpayers’ interests.
The attempted coup has once brought a great threat to the association’s independent position in politics.
[13][14] The association has a member working as a Waste Mediator (“slöseriombudsmannen”) who has the responsibility to review the public funds used by politicians and officials.
[15] The former mediators include Lars Wilderäng, Martin Borgs, Arvid Malm, Eva Cooper, Johan Ingerö and Rebecca Weidmo Uvell.