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Decrease in petroleum taxes
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2015-03-19T10:00:00.000Z
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. By the end of February 2015, total tax payments were NOK 137 billion.

Tax accounts, February 2015

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Decrease in petroleum taxes

By the end of February, a total of NOK 137 billion had been paid in taxes in Norway. This is approximately NOK 10 billion less than at the end of February of 2014.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 19 March 2015
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
February 2014February 2015February 2014February 2015
Total146 381136 6631.2-6.6
Ordinary taxes to central government5 1085 1020.8-0.1
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum11 8928 805-10.2-26.0
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum19 21414 653-13.6-23.7
Tax equalization tax to central government47 90643 23111.1-9.8
Ordinary taxes to county authority (incl. Oslo)3 6033 7143.23.1
Ordinary taxes to municipalities17 01117 2682.81.5
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme14 42815 6192.48.3
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme27 00928 3040.84.8
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders211-33486.1-115.6

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Paid and distributed taxes by county authority. January-February accunulated. Change in per cent

Taxes paid through the non-personal taxpaying arrangement account for most of the taxes paid in February. Non-personal taxpayers have contributed NOK 51 billion so far this year. Tax equalization contributions to the central government and taxes on petroleum extraction account for most of this sum with NOK 25 and 23 billion, respectively. Both sums have decreased from the corresponding period of last year. The tax equalization contributions are NOK 4 billion lower and the petroleum taxes are NOK 8 billion lower than at the end of February 2014.

A total of NOK 85 billion has been paid through the advance tax arrangement so far this year. This is NOK 2 billion, or 2.6 per cent, more than in the corresponding period of 2014.

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From January 2015, the sum of taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders is adjusted to account for repayments to shareholders exempted from this tax. So far this year, the sum of repayments is about NOK 172 million.