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Moderate increase in total tax payments
By the end of September this year, Norway had received NOK 687 billion in taxes. This is an increase of NOK 27.2 billion or 4.1 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this year | Change in per cent compared to same period previous year | |||
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September 2012 | September 2013 | September 2012 | September 2013 | |
Total | 659 795 | 687 016 | 8.5 | 4.1 |
Ordinary taxes to central government | 24 106 | 24 990 | 28.1 | 3.7 |
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum | 56 632 | 56 321 | 16.0 | -0.5 |
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum | 93 404 | 93 829 | 16.7 | 0.5 |
Tax equalization tax to central government | 166 288 | 171 827 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Ordinary taxes to county authority (incl. Oslo) | 20 475 | 21 755 | 7.4 | 6.3 |
Ordinary taxes to municipalities | 96 114 | 102 525 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme | 84 603 | 88 906 | 6.7 | 5.1 |
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme | 115 469 | 124 195 | 6.4 | 7.6 |
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders | 2 705 | 2 669 | 32.5 | -1.3 |
NOK 471.6 billion was paid through the advance tax arrangement and NOK 150.2 billion was from taxes on petroleum extraction.
The main source of tax payments in September came through the advance tax arrangement, with NOK 97.2 billion. Of this, the National Insurance Scheme received NOK 41.8 billion.
From January to September this year, the National Insurance Scheme received about NOK 213 billion in tax payments, which is 6.5 per cent more than the same period last year. Of this, the employer contributions and the member contributions received NOK 124.2 billion and NOK 88.9 billion respectively.
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
E-mail: bjorn.gran-henriksen@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 41 40 20 71