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Municipal fees up 4.9 per cent
Annual municipal residential fees rose by 4.9 per cent on average from January 2014 to January 2015. The average household pays almost NOK 10 800 for the municipal services of water, waste water, waste services and chimney sweeping/inspection.
| 2015 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change from previous year (per cent) | |||||
| All services | Water | Waste water | Waste services | Chimney sweeping | |
| The whole country | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 2.3 |
| Oslo and Akershus | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 9.7 | -2.9 |
| Hedmark and Oppland | 2.9 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| South Eastern Norway | 3.6 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 2.1 | -3.8 |
| Agder and Rogaland | 2.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| Western Norway | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| Trøndelag | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 17.8 |
| Northern Norway | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.9 |
Among the municipal charges, waste water fees increased the most. This fee rose 6.3 per cent from 2014 to 2015. Fees for water and waste services increased by 5.0 per cent and 3.7 per cent respectively. The annual fee for chimney sweeping and inspection went up by 2.3 per cent last year.
Additional information
All figures are weighted averages, based on the total fee income reported through KOSTRA. The figures in this article are inclusive of VAT, but in KOSTRA they are reported without VAT. Some municipalities do not have or do not report figures for one or all four areas. These have been excluded from the calculation or may have imputed figures.
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