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Decrease in tax payments
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. By the end of May 2016, total tax payments were NOK 397 billion.

Tax accounts, May 2016

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Decrease in tax payments

A total of NOK 397 billion has been paid in taxes in Norway so far this year. This is a decrease of 3 per cent from last year.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 16 June 2016
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
May 2015May 2016May 2015May 2016
Distributed taxes, total409 195397 044-2.9-3.0
Ordinary taxes on income and wealth, central government15 54420 426-2.631.4
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum17 2358 819-30.2-48.8
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum28 71013 778-28.0-52.0
Tax equalization contributions to the central government125 246119 738-1.8-4.4
Ordinary taxes to county authorities (incl. Oslo)14 32315 3823.37.4
Ordinary taxes to municipalities66 85472 8633.49.0
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme61 98066 0316.76.5
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme79 28479 2084.1-0.1
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders18800

Source: Statistics Norway

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

Most of the taxes in May – NOK 122 billion out of a total NOK 127 billion – were paid through the advance tax arrangement. So far this year, a total of NOK 316 billion has been paid through this arrangement. This is an increase of 4.2 per cent from the corresponding period of last year. NOK 145 billion of this sum was paid to the National Insurance Scheme, NOK 87 billion to local government and NOK 84 billion was paid to the central government.

The decrease in total taxes is mainly due to reduced payments of taxes on petroleum extraction. These payments have decreased by about 50 per cent from last year. From January to May, a total of NOK 23 billion has been paid in petroleum taxes in Norway.

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From 2016, changes in the tax system alter the distribution between ordinary taxes and tax equalization contributions to the central government. Lower rates on ordinary income reduce the equalization tax, while a new system for surtax from personal taxpayers increases the ordinary tax to the central government.