Course for persons who have started, or are about to start, a sole proprietorship

• Establishing an enterprise
• Official sources of information
• Obligation to report
• Advance tax
• How to apply for advance tax
• Tax deductions for sole proprietorships
• How to treat income
• Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing
• Value Added Tax (VAT) – the Act and the system
• Value Added Tax (VAT) – Registration in the Value Added Tax Register
• Value Added Tax (VAT) – filling in and submitting the VAT return

In this part of the course, we’ll give you a short introduction to establishing an enterprise.

We’ll explain how an enterprise is defined and a bit about the differences between a sole proprietorship and a private limited company etc.

In this part of the course, you’ll be shown how to find relevant information.

The most important sites to know are skatteetaten.no, altinn.no and Brønnøysundregistrene brreg.no

In this part of the course, you’ll be introduced to the reporting obligations you have as a self-employed person, and where you can find further information.

In this part of the course, we’ll explain what advance tax for sole proprietorships is. You'll learn where to apply for and change the advance tax, and we talk about the due dates for payment.

In this part of the course, we’ll show you, step by step, how to fill in the application for advance tax. 

We recommend that you view film no. 4, Advance tax, before you view this one.

In this part of the course, we’ll give you an introduction to which expenses you can claim tax deductions for, and the requirements you have to meet in order to have the deductions approved.

In this part of the course, we’ll tell you how your enterprise should register and treat its income.

You’ll get information about:

• different methods of payment
• the rules that apply for documentation and registration
• what’s required in order to issue an invoice
• what information a sales receipt should include
• how a cash register system works
• the rules that apply for cash sales

In this part of the course, we’ll give you a short introduction to bookkeeping and accounting obligations. The information you receive will help you determine if your enterprise has bookkeeping and accounting obligations, or bookkeeping obligations only.

In addition, you'll receive information concerning:

• relevant laws
• storing and safeguarding accounting documents
• whether your enterprise has an audit obligation or can opt out

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In this part of the course, we’ll give you a short introduction to:

• what value added tax is
• which enterprises the Value Added Tax Act applies to
• how the value added tax scheme works

An introduction to how to register the enterprise in the Value Added Tax Register.

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In this part of the course, we’ll show you, step by step, how to fill inn and submit the VAT return.