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Continued decrease in total tax payments
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2016-09-16T10:00:00.000Z
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. By the end of August 2016, total tax payments were NOK 515 billion.

Tax accounts, August 2016

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Continued decrease in total tax payments

Total taxes paid amount to NOK 515 billion at the end of August 2016, which equals a decline of NOK 31 billion from NOK 546 billion last year.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 16 September 2016
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
August 2015August 2016August 2015August 2016
Distributed taxes, total546 276515 048-4.6-5.7
Ordinary taxes on income and wealth, central government19 04925 661-2.334.7
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum32 85516 332-29.3-50.3
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum54 01725 715-28.6-52.4
Tax equalization contributions to the central government145 457138 379-1.8-4.9
Ordinary taxes to county authorities (incl. Oslo)18 44319 6524.56.6
Ordinary taxes to municipalities86 05993 0774.78.2
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme80 13984 6277.75.6
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme109 107109 3763.90.2
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders1 1512 228

Source: Statistics Norway

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

Taxes paid on petroleum extraction are so far about half of the collected amount in the same period last year. These total NOK 42 billion as of August 2016, down from NOK 87 billion last year. This decline in petroleum taxes almost entirely accounts for the reduction in total tax payments. In August alone, petroleum taxes totalled NOK 8.6 billion compared to NOK 16.7 billion last year.

Continued increase in payments through the advance taxpaying arrangement

So far this year, payments made through the advance taxpaying arrangement total NOK 414 billion, up by NOK 14 billion compared to the same period one year ago. In the same period, payments made through the non-personal taxpaying arrangement are down by NOK 569 million from NOK 59.3 billion.

Increased payments to local government

Local government has so far this year received NOK 113 billion in tax payments. This amounts to an increase of NOK 8.2 billion, or 7.9 per cent, compared to last year. Accumulated payments to central government total NOK 164 billion, which is about the same as the amount received in the first eight months of 2015. Compared to last year, payments to the National Insurance Scheme have increased by NOK 5 billion to NOK 194 billion.

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Changes in the tax system in 2016 have altered the distribution between ordinary taxes and tax equalization contributions to the central government. Lower rates on ordinary income have reduced the equalization tax, while a new system for surtax from personal taxpayers has increased the ordinary tax to the central government.