Selvangivelse 2020 Tax settlement for seafarers

Selvangivelse 2020
Tax settlement for seafarers

If you work on a ship and stay there for 130 days or more, you may benefit from
a special seafarers’ allowance amounting to 30% of your income to the tax base. The maximum deduction for seafarers is NOK 80,000.

Please find below a list of documents required to prepare tax settlement:

Tax return (Selvangivelse / Skattemelding) for 2020 - the document will be issued between 16 March and 07 April 2021. Have you not received the tax assessment notice yet? All you need to do is to provide the PIN codes!
PIN codes for Altinn.no or another option for logging in. If you do not have PIN codes you can order them
Information on income earned and advance payments deducted for 2020 showing how much you have earned in Norway during a tax year; a document (Norw. Årsoppgave) issued by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) if you have been receiving a benefit. *except for child benefit and cash benefit for families with small children.
Monthly pay slips for each month worked in Norway during a given year, or a summary of the whole year (Norw. "lønnslipp").
Seaman's book

WE INFORM ON SOME CHANGES!

The Norwegian Tax Administration has introduced some changes this year and therefore it is no longer required to send documents concerning the deductions. However, PLEASE REMEMBER to keep your documents necessary in the event of tax audit. The Norwegian Tax Administration is entitled to verify the tax return up to 5 years back! When sending the tax return, we rely on the data provided in the table and other documents we request for the tax settlement (income documentation).

THE RULES CONCERNING THE USE OF THE PENDLER STATUS HAVE CHANGED

If you have an access to kitchen (possibility to prepare a hot meal), you are not allowed to deduct per diems.
THE RULES CONCERNING THE USE OF THE PENDLER STATUS HAVE CHANGED
Payments made in cash may not be taken into account.
Deduction of accommodation expenses may be used only for 2 years (*persons who move to another municipality of residence due to a job change will acquire the right to deduct again).
In the case of a family pendler, the minimum number of travels required to deduct the costs of tickets has been lifted. Nevertheless, you must exceed your personal contribution in order for the deduction to be beneficial.
If you are a family pendler be aware that you are required to have a joint registered address with your wife/child.
If you have children who will not have reached the age of 12 by the end of 2020, you can deduct fees paid for nursery, childminder, kindergarten, sports activities co-organised by a school or sports club (excluding those taking place on school holidays!). Please note, however, that you should have a joint registered address with your child.
Payments made in cash may not be taken into account.

NOTE!!!

It is important to have MinID account / access to login using SMS or BankID codes. This is necessary not only to file the tax return electronically, but also to download the report concerning the income earned form the tax office’s website. One-time (letter) Altinn codes are no longer sufficient to download the income report.

Preliminary tax returns will be issued between 16 March and 7 April 2021.

Next steps

Download the form

The form we have prepared will help you in the effective tax settlement.

Fill in the document

Complete the downloaded form and fill in the table. Contact us for assistance if you encounter any problems.

Send

Please send copies/scans/photos of the required documents together with the completed table to the following e-mail address: gdynia@podatek.no