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Decline in tax payments
So far this year, NOK 572.4 billion has been paid in taxes in Norway. NOK 383.9 billion of this was paid through the advance tax arrangement and NOK 122.1 billion was from taxes on petroleum extraction. In total, this is a decrease of 2.9 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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August 2013 | August 2014 | August 2013 | August 2014 | |
Total | 589 728 | 572 388 | 3.9 | -2.9 |
Ordinary taxes to central government | 20 542 | 19 507 | 3.0 | -5.0 |
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum | 56 325 | 46 502 | -0.6 | -17.4 |
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum | 93 833 | 75 634 | 0.4 | -19.4 |
Tax equalization tax to central government | 147 385 | 148 191 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
Ordinary taxes to county authority (incl. Oslo) | 17 092 | 17 654 | 6.6 | 3.3 |
Ordinary taxes to municipalities | 80 597 | 82 216 | 7.0 | 2.0 |
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme | 69 647 | 74 408 | 5.1 | 6.8 |
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme | 101 657 | 105 027 | 7.8 | 3.3 |
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders | 2 651 | 3 248 | -0.1 | 22.5 |
NOK 32.3 billion was paid in taxes in August this year. The majority of the payments came from taxes on petroleum extraction, which accounted for NOK 27.5 billion of the total. So far this year, there has been a reduction of 18.7 per cent in taxes on petroleum extraction compared to the same period last year. This is the reason for the decline in the overall tax payments, which has decreased by 2.9 per cent.
Through the advance tax arrangement and non-personal taxpaying arrangement, excluding taxes on petroleum extraction, a total of NOK 450.3 billion has been paid so far this year. Compared to last year, this is an increase of 2.4 per cent, or NOK 10.7 billion. Contributions to the National Insurance Scheme accounted for 179.4 billion of the payments through the advance tax arrangement, which is an increase of 4.7 per cent.
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