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Nearly 30 per cent higher tax payments
From January to August, distributed taxes totalled NOK 257 billion. It is an increase of 57 billion, or 28.5 per cent, compared with the same period last year. Oil taxes are the largest contributor to the growth in taxes.
In the period from January to July oil taxes reached NOK 47 billion. This is a big increase compared with the same period last year, when the oil tax contribution was NOK 13 billion.
More tax to local government
Total tax income excluding oil taxes indicate an increase of 12.4 per cent compared with the same period previous year. Total tax paid to the local government reached NOK 64.9 billion. This is an increase of 16 per cent from last year when tax paid to the local government was NOK 55.9 billion.
Highest rise in Oslo
Each county has an increase in tax income compared with the same period previous year. Oslo has the biggest rise in tax income, 17.1 per cent. Finnmark has the lowest, 7.9 per cent.
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Contact
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June Solås
E-mail: june.solas@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 98 87 46 76
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Bjørn Gran-Henriksen
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