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Low growth in tax payments
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2014-01-15T10:00:00.000Z
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Tax accounts, December 2013

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Low growth in tax payments

In 2013, Norway received a total of NOK 858.2 billion in tax payments. This is a slight increase of 1.0 per cent, or NOK 8.6 billion compared to 2012.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 15 January 2014
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
December 2012December 2013December 2012December 2013
Total849 622858 2356.51.0
Ordinary taxes to central government29 89931 1521.04.2
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum85 80376 1189.7-11.3
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum142 868125 38611.9-12.2
Tax equalization tax to central government201 126210 1983.34.5
Ordinary taxes to county authority (incl. Oslo)25 52026 9588.45.6
Ordinary taxes to municipalities119 658126 4406.95.7
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme103 216110 6753.37.2
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme138 793148 5896.77.1
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders2 7382 71926.6-0.7

Source: Statistics Norway

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

NOK 21.9 billion was paid in taxes in December. This is the lowest monthly payment in 2013. The biggest contributor to tax payments in December was tax revenues from petroleum extraction.

Expected decline in tax revenues from petroleum extraction

One of the reasons for the low growth in tax payments is the decline of tax revenues from petroleum extraction; NOK 27.2 billion less was paid in 2013 compared to 2012, which is a reduction of 11.9 per cent. Part of the reason for the low payments from this sector in 2013, especially in the last six months, is a reduction in the estimated instalments of the 2013 tax on income.

More in tax payments to central government, municipalities and county authorities

In 2013, the central government, and the municipalities and county authorities received NOK 241.4 billion and NOK 153.4 billion respectively. This is an increase of 4.5 per cent for the central government and 5.7 per cent for the municipalities and county authorities. Of the NOK 153.4 billion paid to the municipalities and county authorities, NOK 27 billion was paid to the county authorities and NOK 126.4 billion was paid to the municipalities.

Payments to the National Insurance Scheme increased by 7.1 per cent

In 2013, NOK 110.7 billion was paid in member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme, while NOK 148.6 billion was paid in employer contributions. This gives an increase of 7.2 per cent and 7.1 per cent from last year respectively.