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Low decrease in tax revenues
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2007-11-21T10:00:00.000Z
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Tax accounts, October 2007

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Low decrease in tax revenues

In the period from January to October 2007, total distributed taxes amounted to NOK 552 billion. This is a slight decrease of 1.1 per cent compared with the same period in 2006. The decrease in total distributed taxes is caused by reduced petroleum taxes and technicalities in government accounts.

Paid and distributed taxes by county. Change in per cent, January to October, 2005-2006 and 2006-2007

Petroleum taxes amounted to NOK 188.9 billion from January to October 2007, a decrease of 24.4 billion compared with the same period in 2006. This represents an 11.4 per cent decline. The decrease in petroleum taxes from January to October 2007 is related to the growth in petroleum taxes in the corresponding period of 2006, which was considerably high.

Decrease in non-personal taxpaying arrangements

There is also a decrease in non-personal taxpaying arrangement, excluding petroleum taxes, compared with the same period in 2006. The tax payments to local governments also show a low growth from January to October 2006 to 2007. Both the decrease in taxes paid in arrears and the low growth in taxes paid to local governments, are caused by technicalities in government accounts which are described in the box at the end of the article.

Tax payments to national insurance scheme amount to NOK 145.7 billion, an increase of 7.7 per cent compared with the same period in 2006. Payments to national insurance scheme divide between NOK 59.3 billion from member contributions and NOK 86.4 billion from employer contributions.

The decrease in non-personal taxpaying arrangement and the low growth for local government is related to the tax assessments and tax settlements of 2006. For 2006, the tax arrears were mainly paid in October. For 2007 however, the tax arrears will mainly cause a rise in tax payments in November. In addition, payments of accounts receivable to taxpayers and settlements of marginal appropriation are paid in October.

Previous years’ corrected distribution figures have been incorporated for most local governments between tax creditors in November. For 2007, this was carried out in October. This has a negative effect for many local governments, because of lower estimate on earned income than previously counted on, especially for received dividends, which for 2006 is lower than expected.

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