I cannot accept or decline remuneration?
Most likely the deadline for accepting remuneration has passed. Contact the handling officer for your review panel for help with extending the deadline.
Before you can start reviewing applications, you need to give a preference regarding remuneration in each panel where you are a member. You can either accept or decline remuneration. If you accept, you need to add your payment and address information in Prisma. If you are a resident of another country than Sweden, you must also upload a copy of your passport in order to facilitate an application with the Swedish Tax Authority for taxation according to SINK (Special income tax for foreign residents).
The payment and address information that you add in Prisma can be removed once the review work and remuneration are finished.

If you accept remuneration for your review work, you need to add payment information in Prisma. Payment is usually made to you as a private person in the form of a salary, but in some cases it is also possible to get paid through an invoice.
If you are not a resident of Sweden, or if you do not have a Swedish personal identity number, you need to add a TIN-number (tax registration number), SSN or something corresponding to a personal identity number in your home country. You also need to upload a passport copy in order to facilitate an application with the Swedish Tax Authority for taxation according to SINK (Special income tax for foreign residents).
Most likely the deadline for accepting remuneration has passed. Contact the handling officer for your review panel for help with extending the deadline.
If a passport is required for payment of your remuneration, upload a copy of your passport showing the spread with your photo. It is important that all the information on these pages is clearly visible as they contain all the information that The Swedish tax authority needs to handle your application regarding SINK.
A passport copy is required for the SINK-application for non-Swedish residents. Upload a copy of the spread with your photo from your passport, making sure that all the information is clearly visible. Your passport copy can be in the following file formats: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .bmp, .tif, .tiff, .pdf.
You cannot remove your payment information if there are remuneration payments that are pending in Prisma. By clicking Remunerations in the left-hand menu you can see what remunerations are approved for payment, and which are already paid. As soon as all remunerations are handled, you can remove your payment information if you wish.
If you are a reviewer in more than one review panel, you must accept or decline remuneration for each panel separately before the assigned deadline for each panel. Navigate to the relevant panel under Review in the main menu. Click the Remuneration settings in the left-hand menu. Make sure that your payment information is updated and correct if you decide to accept remuneration.
SINK (Special income tax for non-residents) is a special income tax for people who are residents in other countries but that work in Sweden. In this case, the Swedish tax authority requires that there is a SINK-approval in order for you to receive your remuneration. For the SINK-application you need to upload a copy of your passport in your payment information. The SINK-tax is 25 % on your remuneration and other potential benefits, and if you are approved for SINK you do not need to declare taxes in Sweden. If you wish, it is possible to to apply for SINK yourself at the Swedish Tax Authority. If you decide to send the application yourself, you must inform the funder of this fact as information from the SINK-decision is mandatory in order for the funder to pay your remuneration.
If you are a reviewer getting remuneration and are not a resident in Sweden, the funder must apply for a so-called SINK-approval (special income tax for non-residents) with the Swedish Tax Authority. On the copy of your passport, all information on the page with your photo must be clearly visible. At present, it takes about 12 weeks for the Swedish Tax Authority to approve an application regarding SINK. For that reason, it is advisable to upload the copy of your passport as soon as possible so that you remuneration can be paid on time.
If you decide to decline remuneration in all the review panels where you perform reviews, you do not need to add any payment information.
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