Professional tax debate, please, not easy opinions about tax
Petter Bjerksund, Arnt Ove Hopland and Guttorm Schjelderup: Calculation of tax costs necessarily requires data for tax and income, and we only get such data after the tax has been paid. A forward-looking, speculative method does not strengthen the tax debate.
Furthermore, there is no indication in the results from the aforementioned Norwegian Statistical Institute study and a recent follow-up Norwegian Statistical Institute study that the incentives for Norwegian investors have been weakened following the introduction of the dividend tax, Petter Bjerksund, Arnt Ove Hopland and Guttorm Schjelderup write.
Their feature article Faglig skattedebatt, takk, ikke lettvint synsing om skatt (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 7 January, 2025.