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Selvangivelse 2023
Tax settlement for seafarers

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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 2023 - the document will be issued from 07.03.2024. Have you not received the tax assessment notice yet? Contact us.
  • Option for logging at skatteetaten.no - MinID sms, Buypass or BankID.
  • Information on income earned and advance payments deducted 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
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  • If you have an access to kitchen (possibility to prepare a hot meal), you are not allowed to deduct diets.
  • THE RULES CONCERNING THE USE OF THE PENDLER STATUS HAVE CHANGED
  • Payments made in cash may not be taken into account.
  • Deduction of accommodation/diet 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 which till the end of year 2023 were under age of 11 you can deduct costs of nursery school, baby sitter, kindergarten (the deduct not contain cost meals), sports and artistic activities that are co-organized by associations and clubs - taking place in the afternoon hours (hours responding to working school day-care room and excluding the activities that are being held on days off from school!). REMEMBER Should have you joint residency with your child. In addition expenses in excess of NOK 10,000 on an annual basis must be paid by bank transfers.

Preliminary tax returns will be issued from 07 March 2024.

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

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