I am including employment tax in that %54 figure, which is a cost as well. So %31 + %33, ends up being roughly %54-53 on the total. Then add VAT. I am running

I am including employment tax in that %54 figure, which is a cost as well. So %31 + %33, ends up being roughly %54-53 on the total. Then add VAT. I am running my own company, freelancing successfully for 2 years now. So I know these numbers from experience. Yes, you can optimize the %33 out of the %54. %33 is minimum you can get, up to 42K sek salary.