Norwegians paid NOK 563 billion in taxes in 2020, compared to NOK 539 billion in 2019, according to data provided by the tax administration.
A total of 2,9 million employees, pensioners and the self-employed have received a tax refund, on average NOK 12 each. For one million, it ended with a surcharge, an average of 500 kronor.
The coronavirus pandemic has affected the finances of many people, so the director of... taxes encourages you to check the information on your tax card for 2022, which will be delivered to us in December this year.
Among companies, 360 companies paid a total of 000 billion NOK taxes, excluding income from oil activities, writes the Tax Office.
Tax in Norway for 2020. Tax lists will be presented on Wednesday, 08.12.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX.
– Norwegian tax rolls have a long tradition of openness. We believe that transparency of income, assets and taxes helps to strengthen confidence in the tax system. The current system balances well between attention to transparency and concern for privacy, says tax director Nina Schanke Funnemark.
Over the past year, there were 1,6 million searches on tax lists, distributed among just over 556 users. It is slightly lower than the year before. Search logging was introduced in 000, with 2013 million searches a year earlier.
Source: NTB
Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB
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