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Further decline in petroleum tax payments
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2016-05-20T10:00:00.000Z
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. To the end of April 2016, total tax payments were NOK 270 billion.

Tax accounts, April 2016

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Further decline in petroleum tax payments

From January to April, a total of NOK 270 billion was paid in taxes in Norway. This is NOK 22 billion, or 7.6 per cent, less than in the corresponding period of 2015.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 20 May 2016
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
April 2015April 2016April 2015April 2016
Distributed taxes, total292 333270 256-4.9-7.6
Ordinary taxes on income and wealth, central government10 70812 492-2.516.7
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum17 4648 807-27.9-49.6
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum29 08413 757-25.7-52.7
Tax equalization contributions to the central government93 81589 771-3.4-4.3
Ordinary taxes to county authorities (incl. Oslo)8 8419 1823.63.9
Ordinary taxes to municipalities41 25443 4313.35.3
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme37 80539 2347.33.8
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme53 52253 0363.6-0.9
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders-158546

Source: Statistics Norway

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

The decrease in total taxes is mainly due to a decrease in petroleum taxes. So far this year, petroleum tax payments total NOK 22.6 billion, which is less than half of the payments during the same period of 2015. The petroleum tax payments have been steadily declining for the past few years. When drawing comparisons with 2013 the decrease is even more evident; the 2016 payments so far this year are just 25 per cent of the payments in the same period of 2013. 

Other payments through the non-personal taxpaying arrangement have also decreased, by a total of NOK 2 billion. A total of NOK 193 billion had been paid through the advance tax arrangement at the end of April. This is an increase of NOK 3.8 billion from the corresponding period of last year. 

Increased tax payments to local government

The tax payments to local government increased from NOK 50 billion at the end of April 2015 to NOK 52.6 billion at the end of April 2016, which is an increase of 5 per cent. The tax payments to central government on the other hand were reduced from NOK 104.5 billion to NOK 102.3 billion during the same period, which is a decrease of 2.2 per cent since last year.