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Continued decrease in tax payments
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2016-08-18T10:00:00.000Z
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. By the end of July 2016, total tax payments were NOK 497 billion.

Tax accounts, July 2016

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Continued decrease in tax payments

A total of NOK 497 billion has been paid in taxes in Norway in the first seven months of 2016. This is a decrease of 4.9 per cent from 2015.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 18 August 2016
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
July 2015July 2016July 2015July 2016
Distributed taxes, total523 007497 340-3.2-4.9
Ordinary taxes on income and wealth, central government18 66225 153-2.834.8
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum26 34513 058-27.2-50.4
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum43 84220 394-25.0-53.5
Tax equalization contributions to the central government143 631135 794-2.3-5.5
Ordinary taxes to county authorities (incl. Oslo)18 03719 1193.96.0
Ordinary taxes to municipalities84 16990 5674.17.6
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme78 39782 2957.15.0
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme108 645108 7203.90.1
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders1 2802 239

Source: Statistics Norway

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

The decrease in total taxes is mainly due to reduced payments of petroleum taxes. In July, payments amounted to NOK 33.5 billion, less than half of the accumulated petroleum tax payments by July 2015.

Increase in payments through the advance taxpaying arrangement

So far this year, payments through the advance taxpaying arrangement amount to NOK 405 billion; a 3 per cent increase from the same period in 2015. Payments made through the non-personal taxpaying arrangement, excluding petroleum taxes, decreased by NOK 723 million from the same period last year.

Increased payments to local government

Tax payments to local government have increased by NOK 7.5 billion compared to last year, while payments to central government have been reduced by NOK 1.3 billion. As of July 2016, payments amounted to NOK 110 billion and NOK 161 billion to local and central government respectively. Compared to last year, payments to the National Insurance Scheme have increased by NOK 4 billion, equal to an increase of 2.1 per cent. So far this year, the payments total NOK 191 billion.

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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.