NoCeT provides high-quality research and education in all aspects of taxation and public finance. The centre is located at NHH - Norwegian School of Economics and is co-funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Tax Authority. The latter also assists the centre with access to high-quality data for tax research.
Petter Bjerksund, Arnt Ove Hopland and Guttorm Schjelderup: If we remove the wealth tax, the effective tax is greatly reduced for the rich. For an investor, the tax drops from 21 percent to 15 percent just by assuming that the share capital is unlisted, not listed.
Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup: Menon's "summary of knowledge" is tax propaganda. It polarises the debate, undermines NHO's reputation and prevents a tax policy compromise that could give companies stable tax framework conditions.
Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss: Although there are good arguments for the wealth tax to be reduced, there are not as good arguments for the corporation tax to be raised.
The very wealthiest benefit from a far lower effective tax burden compared to those earning slightly less, a new study shows.
