Tax statement, 2008

The tax free amount for wealth tax increased from NOK 220 000 in 2007 to NOK 350 000 in 2008.

Because of this, the number of persons with wealth tax was reduced by about 20 per cent - from 832 000 persons in 2007 to 674 000 persons in 2008.

Assessed taxes and deductions

Total assessed taxes before deductions amounted to NOK 246.8 billion in 2008. Of this, county income tax amounted to NOK 85.7 billion, community tax was NOK 77.5 billion and wealth tax was NOK 6.3 billion. Surtax and membership contributions to the national insurance scheme amounted to NOK 12.1 billion and NOK 65.2 billion respectively. Compared with the year before, county income tax increased by 5 per cent, while surtax increased by 13 per cent.

NOK 25.8 billion in refundable tax

A total of 2.3 million persons received refundable tax. On average, they received NOK 11 200. A total of 460 000 people owed back taxes according to the June tax settlement. On average, these owe NOK 12 900 in back taxes.

About the statistics

The statistics are based on the Directorate of Taxes’ tax settlement database, and include employees and pensioners receiving their tax settlement in June. The remaining tax settlement for personal tax payers is conducted in October. The personal tax payers not included in the June tax settlement are self-employed, employees and pensioners married to the self-employed, and employees and pensioners with more complex tax assessments.

For more information on the statistics, see About the statistics .

Tables:

• Table 1 Survey of tax assessment, preliminary figures. Whole country. 2007-2008
• Table 2 Tax settlement, refundable tax or back tax due, by tax county. 2008. Preliminary figures