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Decrease in tax payments
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2014-06-16T10:00:00.000Z
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Tax accounts, May 2014

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Decrease in tax payments

By the end of May, a total of NOK 421.5 billion had been paid in taxes in Norway. This is NOK 12.6 billion, or 2.9 per cent, less than in the corresponding period of 2013.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 16 June 2014
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
May 2013May 2014May 2013May 2014
Total434 148421 5456.4-2.9
Ordinary taxes to central government16 81815 9641.4-5.1
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum31 32624 68213.0-21.2
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum52 60739 87515.8-24.2
Tax equalization tax to central government126 839127 5681.50.6
Ordinary taxes to county authority (incl. Oslo)13 48713 8667.02.8
Ordinary taxes to municipalities63 66864 6607.51.6
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme54 74058 1015.46.1
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme74 27776 1738.22.6
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders386657-44.170.2

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Paid and distributed taxes by county authority. January-May

The tax payments so far this year are lower than they were in the corresponding period last year. The main reason for the decline is reduced tax payments on the extraction of petroleum. This was particularly prevalent in last month’s tax account statistics, and the effect of this has carried on to the figures published this month.

In May, a total of NOK 114.3 billion was paid in taxes. This payment is high compared to the previous months of the year, but is a decrease of NOK 2.8 billion compared to May 2013. The decrease is a result of reduced payments from the non-personal taxpaying arrangement.

Most of the taxes this month were paid through the advance tax arrangement with a total of NOK 108.8 billion. Contributions to the National Insurance Scheme account for NOK 47.4 billion of this sum. Tax equalisation contributions to the central government account for NOK 26.4 billion and taxes to municipalities account for NOK 24.7 billion. Ordinary taxes to the central government and taxes to county authorities account for NOK 5.3 billion and NOK 4.8 billion respectively. Taxes through the non-personal taxpaying arrangement totalled NOK 4.2 billion in May, mostly consisting of tax equalisation contributions to the central government.