Form RF-1529

Apply to release funds from a tax deduction account

Money deposited to a tax deduction account can only be transferred to the Tax Administration or to a different tax deduction account.

If you've transferred funds to a tax deduction account by mistake, you must apply for a refund (release).

If the amount in question is interest in the tax deduction account or a transfer to a corresponding account in another bank, you do not have to apply. In these cases, you can ask the bank to transfer the funds.

The form should be used to receive a confirmation from the Tax Administration that the excess funds can be released. The confirmation is used to document that the funds can be released by the bank in which the the tax deduction account is located. The confirmation will be provided if the application is approved.

Who can apply?

  • Sole proprietorships and other enterprises
  • Estate administrators for a bankruptcy estate or a forced liquidation estate
  • Chairman of the board/member of the board in an enterprise that has been deleted from the Register of Legal Entities
  • Owner of an sole proprietorship that has been deleted from the Register of Legal Entities

We’ll send a reply to the enterprise’s Altinn inbox regarding the outcome of the application. If the application is in relation to bankruptcy or forced liquidation, the application should be submitted by the bankruptcy estate, not by the bankruptcy estate debtor. The reply will then be sent to the bankruptcy estate’s Altinn inbox.

The tax deduction account scheme is being discontinued

From 1 January 2026, the requirement for withholding tax to be transferred to a tax deduction account will be removed. Instead, you must pay the withholding tax directly to the Tax Administration, no later than the first working day after the salary is paid.

 

Release funds from a tax deduction account

If the enterprise has money left in their tax deduction account when it’s discontinued, there are two possible ways for you to get this money back:

  • If the amount in the tax deduction account is less than NOK 12 000 after payment of the sixth period for 2025, you will get an automatic refund of the money. The amount will be paid after 10 April 2026.
  • If the amount in the tax deduction account is NOK 12 000 or more after payment of the sixth period for 2025, you must apply for a refund of the money.