Tax accounts, December 2005

More taxes from the extraction of petroleum contributed to the increase in total tax payments. In 2005 petroleum taxes amounted to NOK 165.2 billion. This is an increase of 46.7 per cent compared with 2004.

Tax payments, excluding petroleum taxes, increased by 7.2 per cent.

Contributions to the National Insurance Scheme totalled NOK 153.7 billion in 2005. This is an increase of 5.4 per cent, or NOK 7.9 billion, compared with 2004. Total tax paid to local government amounted to NOK 102.9 billion, an increase of 5.8 per cent, or NOK 5.7 billion, compared with 2004.

Tables:

• Table 1 Distributed taxes, tax revenues by type. January-December. 2003, 2004 and 2005. NOK million
• Table 2 Tax accounts. Paid and distributed taxes. January-December. 2004 and 2005. NOK million
• Table 3 Tax accounts. Paid and distributed taxes. January-December 2005. NOK million