Why do we pay tax?

Living in Norway, we enjoy and benefit from our society's many welfare initiatives. They cost a lot of money. That’s why it’s important that everyone pays their share.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to go to school, and to have the right to treatment in a hospital in case of illness. We achieve this by paying tax.

We can view our society as a large, collective box of money, a shared source of funding. Everyone pays tax according to their ability and receives the benefits they need.