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The Tax System in Norway: Past Reforms and Future Challenges

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This paper reviews tax policy initiatives and the scope for further reform in Norway. Norway faces the challenge of containing expenditure to at least avoid future increases in the tax burden, which is already above the OECD average. The favourable tax regimes for some industries imply that the fully taxed sectors carry a comparatively higher burden, distorting resource allocation. Norway has made considerable progress in easing the distortions that are typically associated with a high tax burden. The introduction in 1992 of a dual income tax system, taxing all capital income at a low flat rate and labour incoming at higher and progressive rates, has been the centrepiece of the reform process. However, the wide difference in marginal tax rate between imputed labour and capital income of self-employed and small business owners has prompted extensive tax planning by these groups. Moreover, the differences in the valuation of assets for the wealth and property tax leads to distortions ... Le présent rapport dresse un bilan des initiatives qui ont été prises et un inventaire des nouvelles réformes qui pourraient être mises en œuvre dans le domaine de la politique fiscale en Norvège. La Norvège se trouve aujourd’hui confrontée à la nécessité de contenir ses dépenses publiques ne serait-ce que pour éviter d’avoir à augmenter à l’avenir la pression fiscale, qui est déjà supérieure à la moyenne de l’OCDE. En raison du régime fiscal favorable dont bénéficient certaines branches d’activité, les autres branches supportent une charge relativement plus lourde, ce qui fausse l’affectation des ressources. La Norvège a beaucoup avancé dans la réduction des distorsions qui sont généralement associées à une pression fiscale élevée. La mise en place en 1992 d’un système dual d’imposition des revenus des personnes physiques, assujettissant tous les revenus du capital à un faible taux uniforme et les revenus du travail à un taux plus élevé et progressif, a représenté la pièce ...

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  • Paul van den Noord, 2000. "The Tax System in Norway: Past Reforms and Future Challenges," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 244, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:244-en
    DOI: 10.1787/630052088314
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    1. José Mª Durán Cabré & Alejandro Esteller Moré, 2007. "An empirical analysis of wealth taxation: Equity vs. tax compliance," Working Papers 2007/1, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
    2. Schwierz, Christoph, 2003. "The Effects of Taxes and Socioeconomic Variables on Market Work and Home Production in Norway in the Years 1970 to 2000," Memorandum 33/2003, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    3. Pedro Carvalho Jr. & Luana Passos, 2018. "Tax on Large Fortunes: the recent international debate and the situation in Brazil," Working Papers 166, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
    4. Vita Jagric & Sebastjan Strasek & Timotej Jagric & Tanja Markovic-Hribernik, 2009. "Personal Income Tax Reforms as a Competitive Advantage," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1, pages 189-218, May.
    5. Ganghof, Steffen, 2001. "Global markets, national tax systems, and domestic politics: Rebalancing efficiency and equity in open states' income taxation," MPIfG Discussion Paper 01/9, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    6. José Mª Durán Cabré & Alejandro Esteller Moré, 2007. "An empirical analysis of wealth taxation: Equity Vs.tax compliance," Working Papers XREAP2007-03, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Jun 2007.

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    fiscalité; Norvège; Norway; tax system;
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    JEL classification:

    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations

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