innehålla

Swedish

innehålla

to contain, to include
to withhold (e.g. a payment)
- 1990, Swedish tax law, Lag (1990:676) om skatt på ränta på skogskontomedel m.m.
  11 § Har skatt innehållits och betalats in med för högt belopp skall återbetalning till den skattskyldige ske med vad som betalats för mycket.
  11 § If tax has been withheld and been paid with a too large amount, repayment to the taxpayer shall be made with what has been paid in excess.

Since salary taxes in Sweden are paid to the tax authority directly by the employer (preliminärskatt) by withholding a part of the salary from being paid to the employee, this verb is often used in association with taxes that have been paid.
Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

Conjugation of innehålla (class 7 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	innehålla		innehållas
Supine	innehållit		innehållits
Imperative	innehåll		—
Imper. plural¹	innehållen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	innehåller	innehöll	innehålls, innehålles	innehölls
Ind. plural¹	innehålla	innehöllo	innehållas	innehöllos
Subjunctive²	innehålle	innehölle	innehålles	innehölles
	Participles
Present participle	innehållande
Past participle	innehållen
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.