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Stronger decline in petroleum taxes
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2015-09-16T10:00:00.000Z
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The statistics show tax payments to the central government, municipalities and county authorities. By the end of July 2015, total tax payments were NOK 546 billion.

Tax accounts, August 2015

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Stronger decline in petroleum taxes

Total tax payments on the extraction of petroleum were NOK 16.7 billion in August 2015. This is lower than in any comparable months covered by these statistics.

Tax accounts. Distributed taxes. NOK million and change in per cent.Published 16 September 2015
Distributed taxes. Accumulated figures so far this yearChange in per cent compared to same period previous year
August 2014August 2015August 2014August 2015
Distributed taxes, total572 388546 276-2.9-4.6
Ordinary taxes on income and wealth, central government19 50719 049-5.0-2.3
Ordinary taxes on extraction of petroleum46 50232 855-17.4-29.3
Special income tax on extraction of petroleum75 63454 017-19.4-28.6
Tax equalization contributions to the central government148 191145 4570.5-1.8
Ordinary taxes to county authorities (incl. Oslo)17 65418 4433.34.5
Ordinary taxes to municipalities82 21686 0592.04.7
Member contributions to the National Insurance Scheme74 40880 1396.87.7
Employer contributions to the National Insurance Scheme105 027109 1073.33.9
Taxes on dividends to foreign shareholders3 2481 15122.5-64.6

Source: Statistics Norway

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

Payments of petroleum taxes in August 2015 were about 40 per cent lower than in August 2014. The decrease is stronger than in the first seven months of this year. From January through July, petroleum tax payments had decreased by 26 per cent from the corresponding period of 2014. Petroleum taxes account for most of the taxes paid in August.

So far this year, a total of NOK 546 billion has been paid in taxes in Norway. This is NOK 26 billion less than in the corresponding period of 2014. Total petroleum tax payments from January through August have decreased by NOK 35 billion, or 29 per cent, and other taxes have increased by NOK 9 billion, or 2 per cent compared to the first eight months of 2014.

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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. So far this year, the sum of repayments is about NOK 1.1 billion.