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Tax payments down by NOK 40 billion in 2016
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2017-01-17T08:00:00.000Z
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. By the end of December 2016, total tax payments were NOK 756 billion.

Tax accounts, December 2016

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Tax payments down by NOK 40 billion in 2016

Total taxes paid amount to NOK 756 billion at the end of 2016, which equals a decline of NOK 40 billion, or 5 per cent, from last year.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 17 January 2017
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
December 2015December 2016December 2015December 2016
Distributed taxes, total795 752755 738-5.2-5.0
Ordinary taxes on income and wealth, central government29 19439 573-6.535.6
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum39 47716 034-38.5-59.4
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum64 19625 059-39.3-61.0
Tax equalization contributions to the central government207 965198 0861.5-4.8
Ordinary taxes to county authorities (incl. Oslo)29 26331 3845.47.2
Ordinary taxes to municipalities136 495149 8185.99.8
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme128 574132 3638.22.9
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme159 663161 0363.40.9
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders9272 385

Source: Statistics Norway

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

Throughout 2016, total tax payments have been lower than earlier years due to reductions in taxes paid on petroleum extraction. Since mid-2013, petroleum tax payments have been in consistent decline, and by the end of 2016 these payments are NOK 63 billion lower than the preceding year’s receipts.

Increased payments from both personal and non-personal taxpayers

Payments made through the advance taxpaying arrangement totalled NOK 645 billion in 2016, equal to an increase of NOK 21 billion compared to 2015. NOK 173 billion of this sum was paid to the central government, NOK 179 billion was paid to local government and NOK 293 billion was paid to the National Insurance Scheme. Tax payments from non-personal taxpayers have also increased. By the end of 2016, these totalled almost NOK 69 billion, which represents an increase of NOK 1.4 billion.

Larger receipts in both central and local government

So far this year, local government has received NOK 181 billion in tax payments. This amounts to an increase of NOK 15 billion compared to 2015. Payments to central government, excluding petroleum taxes, total NOK 238 billion, which is about the same amount as last year.

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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.