Films with tips for businesses
Here you’ll find short films with tips for business owners. You’ll also find links to other resources.
The tax return with business information (new tax return)
The Tax Administration is simplifying the tax return for businesses. Our aim is to ensure that it’s easier and more efficient to submit correct, high quality information.
The new tax return requires you to do things a little differently now. Learn more about how the new tax return works:
How to fill in the new tax return with business information:
Watch films with more detailed information:
See how you find the business information if it is not shown in your tax return automatically.
See how you can change the business information and then re-submit the tax return.
See how you fill in the business information when you did not have any business activity last year.
See how to submit the tax return with business information when your operating revenue is NOK 50,000 or less.
See how spouses can allocate business income from a joint business.
If you drive your car less than 6,000 kilometres for business purposes, it is considered a private car.
If you drive your car at least 6,000 kilometres for business purposes, or if driving for business purposes makes up at least half of the total use, it is considered a commercial vehicle.
See an explanation of what you’ll need to do in both cases:
See how to register tax-related depreciations of fixed assets in the business information.
Here we’ll show you where in the business information you can claim deductions for expenses related to your mobile phone, broadband, etc. that you use for business purposes.
Here you can see how to register shares of catches and deductions for fishing and hunting at sea.
Here we explain the most important things you need to know about submitting your tax return as a visual artist.
How to submit the tax return for visual artists:
All you need to know about submitting the tax return for visual artists
Advance tax
When you run a business, you must pay advance tax.
See if you should apply for advance tax and how to go about it.
The shareholder register statement
Every year, all Norwegian private and public limited liability companies and savings banks with equity certificates must submit a shareholder register statement to the Tax Administration’s Register of Shareholders.
Here we explain how:
The film shows you how to fill in the shareholder register statement (RF-1086) when you have established a company.
The film shows you how to fill in the shareholder register statement (RF-1086) when purchasing and selling shares in the company.
The film shows you how to fill in the shareholder register statement (RF-1086) when the company is liquidated, meaning that the shares will be deleted when the company is wound-up or bankrupt.
Value added tax
When you run a business, you must pay value added tax (VAT) on your purchases, but usually you can claim a deduction for VAT.
In these films we explain how VAT works, how you register and how you submit the VAT return:
Here we’ll give you a short introduction to
- what value added tax is
- which businesses the Value Added Tax Act applies to
- how the value added tax scheme works
We’ll give you a step-by-step description of how to register in the VAT Register.
Read more and get registered in the VAT Register
Here we’ll give you a step-by-step description of how to complete and submit the VAT return.
Read more and submit the VAT return
Important information
Listen to Podskatt - a podcast about tax
The legal advisers Lene and Therese in the Tax Administration give you the best tax advice before you submit the tax return.