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Tax statistics for companies, 2012

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Slight growth in corporate taxes

Assessed corporate taxes stood at NOK 307 billion in 2012, slightly rising from the year before by NOK 5.9 billion or 2 per cent.

Total assessed tax, by tax rulePublished 20 December 2013
AmountPer cent
1Including foreign shelf companies assessed by the Petroleum Tax Act.
Total306 516100.0
Oil extraction companies1230 82875.3
Power companies7 6992.5
Shipping companies1 3450.4
Land based activities66 64421.7

Source: Statistics Norway

Oil companies had NOK 230.8 billion in assessed taxes in 2012, which was an increase of NOK 4.1 billion from 2011. Assessed tax for land-based activities rose in the same period by NOK 3.2 billion, totalling NOK 66.6 billion. While oil companies and land-based activities experienced growth in assessed taxes, power companies and shipping companies assessed by the special rules for shipping companies experienced a decrease in taxes in 2012. The drop in assessed tax for power companies was NOK 1.3 billion and assessed tax for these companies amounted to NOK 7.7 billion in 2012. Assessed tax for shipping companies fell by NOK 119 million to NOK 1.3 billion.

Highest growth in financial and insurance activities

Companies in financial and insurance activities, the assessed taxes of which rose from 2011 by 105 per cent or NOK 10.2 billion, had the highest increase. These were followed by companies within mining and quarrying, which achieved NOK 3.3 billion or 1.5 per cent more in assessed taxes in 2012 than in 2011.