Norwegian Taxation.

**scooterscot** · 24 February 2009, 15:12

Worked in Norway for 18 months (Bergen).

It makes a lot of sense to spend the majority of your time in the UK, I returned most weekends. Worked from home some weeks.

You don't have to registered for tax purposes until after 3 months If I remember correctly. Also remember they are not part of the EU.

Beautiful country lovely people, very relaxed working environment, you'll love it if you can put up with the weather.

**TykeMerc** · 24 February 2009, 15:30

Working from home even periodically isn't likely to be an option due to the nature of the client. Stavanger isn't the shortest of trips home either.

From a little digging it looks like the taxes are pretty high as are the costs of living including accomodation which is making the rate look even worse....

**scooterscot** · 24 February 2009, 18:25

Chin up

Finn.no is the place where we were recommend to look for a place to rent, here are a list of available places to rent in Rogaland. It's all in Norwegian though but you can work it out and most Norwegians speak good English so it's not a problem. You should not have a problem finding a landlord who will cost bills and everything in one monthly sum, that's what we did for a whole house!

Perhaps the client is not happy with you working off-site on signing the contract but once you've got your foot in the door things can change.

Yes the cost of living is high the Norwegians will agree with you on that one. But what you don't hear about is the flawless services that exist and the quality of life style that's on offer. I'd happy pay more tax if Norwegian way of living was available in the UK.

I used to take the ferry from Newcastle to Stavanger the Volvo was packed to the gunnels after a shopping trip to Tesco

Norwegian Taxation.