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Decrease in total taxes
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. By the end of March 2015, total tax payments were NOK 239 billion.

Tax accounts, March 2015

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Decrease in total taxes

At the end of March, a total of NOK 239 billion had been paid in taxes in Norway. This is NOK 7 billion, or 3 per cent, less than in the corresponding period of 2014.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 17 April 2015
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
March 2014March 2015March 2014March 2015
Total246 180238 7382.8-3.0
Ordinary taxes to central government9 6128 8812.9-7.6
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum11 8128 658-11.0-26.7
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum19 08014 428-14.4-24.4
Tax equalization tax to central government72 40268 0018.5-6.1
Ordinary taxes to county authority (incl. Oslo)8 2848 5784.03.5
Ordinary taxes to municipalities38 68539 9282.93.2
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme34 67137 1456.67.1
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme51 23853 1302.83.7
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders396-12661.5-103.0

Source: Statistics Norway

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

Lower payments through the non-personal taxpaying arrangement have led to a decrease in total payments. The petroleum taxes, which are only paid through this arrangement, have decreased by NOK 8 billion since the first quarter of 2014. In addition, the tax equalization contributions from the non-personal taxpaying arrangement have decreased by NOK 6 billion.

Payments through the advance tax arrangement have increased by NOK 6 billion from the first quarter of 2014. At the end of March, NOK 187 billion had been paid through this arrangement. NOK 50 billion of this sum was taxes to the central government, NOK 8 billion was taxes to county authorities, NOK 39 billion was taxes to municipalities and NOK 90 billion was contributions to the National Insurance Scheme.

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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 366 millon.