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Norway upstream fiscal summary

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Upstream licences in Norway are awarded during regular licensing rounds. Fiscal terms are fixed. Norway has a profits-based fiscal system featuring a corporate income tax (22%) and a special tax (71.8%). The corporate income tax, with adjustments, is deductible against the special tax, ensuring a total marginal tax rate of 78%. Norway is renowned for its tax stability; the marginal rate has remained unchanged since 1992.

Table of contents

  • Basis
  • Licence terms
  • Government equity participation
    • Bonuses, rentals and fees
    • Indirect taxes
    • Royalty
    • Corporate income tax
    • Ring fencing
    • Base
    • Income
    • Deductions
    • 16 more item(s)...
  • Recent history of fiscal changes
  • Stability provisions
  • Split of the barrel and share of profit
  • Effective royalty rate and maximum government share
  • Progressivity
  • Fiscal deterrence

Tables and charts

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  • Timeline
  • Timeline detail
  • Split of the barrel - oil
  • Split of the barrel - gas
  • Share of profit - oil
  • Share of profit - gas
  • Effective royalty rate - shelf and deepwater, oil and gas
  • Maximum government share - shelf and deepwater, oil and gas
  • State share versus Pre-Share IRR - oil
  • State share versus Pre-Share IRR - gas
  • Investor IRR versus Pre-Share IRR - oil
  • Investor IRR versus Pre-Share IRR - gas
  • 5 more item(s)...

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    Norway upstream fiscal summary

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