Limitation period in connection with claims from NAV, Helfo or the Guarantee Fund for Fishermen
A claim will usually become obsolete if it has not been paid within three years. Child maintenance and other maintenance payments will become obsolete after ten years.
The Tax Administration tries to ensure that you pay the claim before it becomes obsolete.
Time-limit interruption
A time-limit interruption means that the limitation period is extended so that we can continue the collection. A time-limit interruption takes place either based on
- enforcement proceedings. When we start enforcement proceedings, the claim is automatically extended by ten years.
- an acknowledgement of the claim. This results in a three-year time-limit interruption. An acknowledgment may, for exampel, be that you’ve paid part of the claim or that you’ve acknowledged the claim in written communication.
If you’ve received a claim that you must repay overpaid benefits from NAV, you may in some cases receive a letter informing you that the claim will soon become obsolete. You can then choose between two alternatives to avoid enforcement proceedings:
- You may pay the entire claim before the deadline expires.
- You can request a payment agreement. If so, you must sign an agreement to extend the limitation periodand send it to the Collection Agency for Child Support and Overpaid Benefits. Signing the agreement does not mean that you acknowledge the claim.
If you do not choose any of these alternatives, we will start enforcement proceedings. This could mean that we will make deductions from your income, and it will result in a mark in your credit record.