Tag: taxes
Open tax lists may be closed
Norway's state tax director is fed up with the "media circus" linked to annual release of public tax lists. He's proposing new restrictions that...
Sales dip at state wine monopoly
For the first time since the 1980s, sales at Norway's state liquor and wine monopoly Vinmonopolet have declined. Some blame competition from far lower...
Tax lists bared for public review
Norway has once again become probably the only country in the world to publicly disclose its tax lists showing what every single taxpayer has...
Tobacco heir is Norway’s wealthiest
An investor who's heir to a family tobacco fortune was ranked as having the largest personal net worth in Norway after state tax lists...
State tries to curb jump in snuff use
Sales of the moist powdered variant of the chewing tobacco known as snuff, or snus in Norwegian, have more than tripled in Norway during...
High parking rates cause embarrassment
Oslo's city administrator says he's "almost embarrassed" after a new study once again places the Norwegian capital as among the most expensive in the...
Wealthy willing to pay more tax
Even Norwegians on the conservative side of the political spectrum appear willing to pay more taxes, in order to maintain the current level of...
Government still going after shipowners
The Norwegian government recently lost a major tax battle with shipowners in the country's highest court, but it's not giving up its effort to...
Tax season shifts into high gear
Norwegian tax authorities started sending out the annual tax returns known as the selvangivelse this week. That literally translates "to give of yourself," but as...
Shipowners win huge tax victory
Norway's highest court handed shipowners a major victory over the state on Friday, ruling they were not liable to collectively pay NOK 21 billion...
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