The tax authorities oppose some of the tax committee’s proposals and believe that the rules that are difficult for people and businesses increase the risk of making mistakes.

Tax authorities has submitted its consulting response to the tax committee inquiry that came in December. The agency has largely agreed on the tax issues, but is still opposed to some of the proposals.

– In general, we believe that more work should be done on the quality of information about who owns what in Norway. We have to get a better picture of the ownership and valuation of assets before new taxes can be introduced, such as real estate and inheritance, said tax director Nina Schanke Funnemark.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for people and businesses to comply with the rules, and difficult for the Directorate General of Taxes to control and determine the correct tax, he believes.

The tax authorities also advise against taxing assets under the so-called shield model, similar to the current shareholder model. The proposal involves an extended tax on capital income from, for example, recreational property, other property, boats and the like, in the same way as capital income from current stock.

This will increase the risk of tax erroneous as you will have to decide and calculate the values ​​yourself, according to the agency. They worried that it would undermine confidence in the tax system and indicated that it would demand the guidance and control of the Tax Administration.

If not, the Tax Agency agrees that the withholding must be cleared and only one VAT rate must be applied.

(© NTB)