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Increased tax payments in January
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. In January 2015, total tax payments were NOK 85.3 billion.

Tax accounts, January 2015

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Increased tax payments in January

A total of NOK 85.3 billion was paid in taxes in Norway in January. This is NOK 2.6 billion more than in January 2014.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 20 February 2015
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
January 2014January 2015January 2014January 2015
Total82 72385 2964.53.1
Ordinary taxes to central government3 3413 2236.0-3.5
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum202615741.7204.5
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum3271 024717.5213.1
Tax equalization tax to central government18 58217 2967.9-6.9
Ordinary taxes to county authority (incl. Oslo)3 4153 5283.93.3
Ordinary taxes to municipalities16 03916 3163.51.7
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme14 12615 3073.18.4
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme26 60327 7631.74.4
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders86222196.6158.1

Source: Statistics Norway

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

The advance tax arrangement accounts for most of the taxes paid in January, with a total of NOK 83.8 billion. NOK 43.1 billion of this sum was made up of payments to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), NOK 17.5 billion was tax equalization contributions to the central government and NOK 16.3 billion was taxes to the municipalities. Taxes to county authorities and other taxes to the central government account for about NOK 3.5 billion each. Taxes paid through the advance tax arrangement are NOK 2.4 billion, or 2.9 per cent, higher than in January 2014.

The non-personal taxpaying arrangement, including petroleum taxes, accounted for NOK 1.5 billion in January. This is an increase of NOK 0.3 billion from January last year.

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From January 2015, the sum of taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders is adjusted to account for repayments to shareholders exempted from this tax. In January 2015, the sum of repayments was about NOK 30 million.