Statistics Norway

Tax return account statistics

10   Main entries from the tax return account for employees1 17-66 years, with and without contributions to job-related pension schemes. 2002. Average in NOK
  Employees total Without contributions
to pension schemes		 With contributions
to pension schemes
Gross income, total  337 800  357 000  312 300
Wages and salaries2  302 700  311 700  290 700
Social security benefits2 1 700 1 400 2 100
Private pensions and life insurance benefits 1 800 1 500 2 200
Net entrepreneurial income from agriculture, forestry and fishing  900  800 1 100
Other net entrepreneurial income 1 700 1 800 1 700
Interest received 5 600 6 100 4 800
Imputed income of owner-occupied dwellings 2 400 2 400 2 300
Realised capital gains of shares 1 500 2 200  500
Share dividends received, foreign received dividend included 14 900 24 000 2 800
       
Deductions, total 88 800 92 400 84 000
Minimum dedutions 42 000 41 700 42 400
Travelling expenses 2 900 3 200 2 500
Contributions to private and public pension schemes (job-related) 2 000 0 4 600
Interest paid 28 300 31 700 23 800
Indiviual pension fund payment  400  400  400
Realised capital loss of shares 3 800 5 400 1 600
       
Ordinary income  249 100  264 600  228 300
-Special deduction for age, etc.  600  600  700
       
Total gross property  380 600  433 100  310 300
Total gross financial capital  195 200  240 600  134 400
Bank deposits 96 000 99 600 91 100
Share of unit trusts 7 700 8 000 7 300
Securities registered in VPS 14 300 19 200 7 600
Securities not registered in VPS 48 700 76 100 12 200
Total real capital  185 400  192 500  175 900
Real properties  145 500  148 500  141 600
Of which      
Property of dwelling  100 200  101 400 98 500
       
-Debt  395 900  445 400  329 600
Net property -15 300 -12 400 -19 300
       
Assessed taxes 89 000 94 100 82 100
       
Number of employees 17-66 years 1 983 185 1 134 929  848 256
1  As employees are persons with wages greater than the minimum benefit from the National Insurance which amounted to NOK 95 460 in 2002.
2  Rehabilitation allowances was from 2002 entered as wages and salaries and not as social security benfits as in 2001.
Source: Tax Return Statistics 2002.

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