Statistics Norway

Income statistics for petroleum companies

2   Income and taxes from foreign shelf companies.1. 1998-2002. NOK million
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total income 8 668 8 998 8 579 8 189 5 516
Operating income 8 918 8 648 8 330 7 741 5 380
Adjustment for income which is not taxable to Norway -322 -519 -194 -147 -276
Work-in-progress -81 35 -331  527 -224
Financial income 25 36 20 31 26
Other income  127  797  755 37  609
           
Total expenditure 7 225 7 585 6 976 7 100 4 906
Direct expenditure 5 407 5 391 6 102 6 269 4 270
Depreciation  170  117  249  192  146
Indirect expenditure  629  422  397  408  281
Financial expenditure 84  139  147 74  118
Undivided expenditure of tax by valuation2  935 1 515 80  156 92
           
Net income on shelf 1 443 1 413 1 603 1 089  610
           
Deficit available from previous years3  250 24 28  107 19
           
Ordinary income 1 193 1 389 1 575  983  591
Positive (taxable) income 1 234 1 534 1 666 1 028  857
Negative income 41  144 91 46  266
           
Assessed tax on income  345  429  466  288  240
           
Number of taxpayers4  217  173  132  132  118
1  Assesses by Central Office-Foreign Tax Affairs pursuant to the Petroleum Tax Act.
2  Refer to companies which are taxed by valuation and where expenditure not are divided.
3  Also includes other income/expenditure and inter alia intra-group.
4  Non-personal taxpayers with assessed tax based on income and/or property before possible tax deductions.

Explanation of symbols