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The a-melding guide

Table of content

Guidance cover page
  • Error messages (MAGNET/EDAG) and feedback List of error messages, feedback and how to make corrections
    • Overview of error messages (MAGNET/EDAG) Severity and how to correct mistakes
    • Feedback What is feedback
    • Replacement a-melding or new a-melding Two ways of submitting an a-melding when you have to make corrections
  • Organisation number Employer, pension company or others you're submitting the a-melding for
    • Organisation number for the main entity and sub-entities Which number should you use when submitting the a-melding
    • Organisation number in public sector Applies to public sector
  • Pension scheme arrangement (mandatory occupational pension scheme) Private arbeidsgiver skal oppgi pensjonsselskap eller pensjonskasse det er inngått avtale om sparing med
  • National identity number, D number or international ID (income recipient) Identifies employees, pensioners and others who receive salary and benefits
  • Employment Type of employment, start and end date, leave, change of payroll system, etc.
    • Type of employment Whether the employment is ordinary, maritime or other, and how to change in the event of an error
      • Ordinary employment Employee who receive salary (applies to the vast majority)
      • Maritime employment Employee who works at sea, on a vessel or a mobile installation
      • Exceptions for ordinary and maritime employment Examples of when you do not need to provide information about ordinary or maritime working conditions.
      • Pensions or other benefits Person who receives a pension and other benefits without being employed or on assignment
      • Freelancers, contractors and fee recipients Person who works on an assignment without being employed
      • Select the correct employment type When you're uncertain which employment type you should select
      • Change the employment type Examples of how to switch from one employment type to another.
    • Information on employment Start and end date, FTE percentage, leave and other information
      • Employment start date
      • Employment end date
      • Cause of end date
      • Percentage employment (FTE percentage)
      • Date of change in FTE percentage
      • Hours per week for a full-time position
      • Working hours arrangement
      • Date for change of salary
      • Type of appointment
      • Wage seniority
      • Pay grade
      • Occupation code
      • Employment ID
      • Leave
      • Layoffs
      • Remuneration type
    • Special circumstances Changing payroll system, merger, acquisition etc.
      • Employment in the case of salary to employee who has left
      • Change of payroll system
      • Change jobs with the same employer
      • Demerger
      • Mergers
      • Acquisition, change of owner or transfer of enterprise
      • Changes in municipal or county structure
  • Salary and benefits Cash benefit, expense allowances, payments in kind, national insurance contributions, pension, etc.
    • Overview of salary and other benefits Descriptions of salary and other benefits you can use
    • Correcting errors in salary and benefits Incorrect amount or description, paid too much or too little
  • Deductions Trade union fees , premiums for pension schemes and other deductions
    • Trade union fees
    • Premium for pension schemes
    • Premiums for foreign pension schemes
    • National Insurance premiums and education and development fund premiums
    • Portacabin rent
  • Withholding tax How to state obligation to deduct withholding tax, calculate and pay advance tax deduction
  • Attachment of earnings How to state obligation to attachement of earnings, calculate and pay attachment of earnings
  • Employer’s national insurance contributions and financial activity tax How to calculate, what you have to specify and pay
    • Employer’s National Insurance contributions Calculation codes, rates, zones and payment
    • Employer’s Additional National Insurance contributions Calculation codes, rates, zones and payment
    • Financial activity tax on salary Applies to the finance and insurance sector
  • Special groups International, seafarers, tax-free organisation, withholding tax on pensions, net salary, Jan Mayen and Svalbard
    • Abroad Foreign employers with assignments in Norway
    • Foreign relations Norwegian employers with employees abroad or with foreign employees in Norway
    • Net salary For employers who have employees with net salary
    • The PAYE scheme
    • Withholding tax on pensions Tax on pension payments for persons who are not tax resident in Norway
    • Special allowance for seafarers For seafarers who require a special allowance
    • Tax-free organisation How to specify salary and benefits for employees in tax-free organisations
    • Svalbard For persons who are covered by the Svalbard Tax Act
    • Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies For persons who are covered by the Jan Mayen Tax Act
  1. The a-melding guide
  2. Employment
  3. Special circumstances

Salary of employee who has left (holiday pay)

  • Updated: 15 February 2018

You can make payments to an employee who has left, but you cannot change the information concerning their employment. 

If you need to specify salary or other benefits of employees who have left, you must make sure you do not change any information concerning their employment. Examples of payments after a person has left include holiday pay, bonuses, back payments of salary, overtime, etc.

  

Important information

If you use a payroll system, please contact your system supplier if you are unsure how to correct reporting in your system.

 

You can specify this in one of three ways

Alternative 1 - Do not specify employment information

You do not need to provide information on employment relationships which have been terminated. You will already have submitted the information in previous a-meldings. The obligation to submit employment information applies up to and including the month in which the end date falls.

 

Alternative 2 - Repeat information on employment

You can submit the same information concerning the employment as you have submitted previously. Remember that the end date must be included. If you report an a-melding for January 2021 or later you must also include cause of end date.

 

Alternative 3 - Select employment type

‘Pension or other non-employment benefits’ If alternative 1 or 2 is not possible in your system, you can choose employment type ‘Pension or other non-employment benefits’.

 

Example

Kari worked in a shop and left her job on 12 December.  She receives NOK 30,000 in fixed salary in December. The shop pays Kari holiday pay in December.

A-melding for December

Sub-entity A
Income recipient Kari
Employment ID 10
Employment type Ordinary
Employment start date 10 October
Employment end date 12 December
Cause of end date The employee has resigned from his/her position
Occupation code 5221 126
No. of hours per week to which a full-time position equates 37,5
Percentage employment (FTE percentage) 100
Most recent date of change in percentage employment 10 October
Working hours arrangement Not shift work
Most recent salary change date 10 October
Fixed salary 30 000

They also enter the other mandatory information. 

 

Alternative 1 - Do not specify employment information

A-melding for January

Sub-entity

A
Income recipient Kari
Holiday pay 35 000

They also enter the other mandatory information. 

 

Alternative 2 - Repeat information on employment

A-melding for January

Sub-entity

A
Income recipient Kari
Employment ID 10
Employment type Ordinary
Employment start date 10 October
Employment end date 12 December
Cause of end date The employee has resigned from his/her position
Occupation code 5221 126
No. of hours per week to which a full-time position equates 37,5
Percentage employment (FTE percentage) 100
Most recent date of change in percentage employment 10 October
Working hours arrangement Not shift work
Most recent salary change date 10 October
Holiday pay 35 000

They also enter the other mandatory information. 

 

Alternative 3 - Select employment type ‘Pension or other non-employment benefits’

A-melding for January

Sub-entity

A
Income recipient Kari
Employment type Pension or other benefits
Holiday pay 35 000

They also enter the other mandatory information. 

 

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