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Previously on "High taxation in Norway"

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    My company certainly don't pay CT of 27%.
    Are you in Norway?

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  • d000hg
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    My company certainly don't pay CT of 27%.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Long, cold, dark winters. Expensive to live, but having attractive women. I expect the men spend most of their time shagging, not worrying about tax rates.
    You've hit the nail on the head, I've always wondered why Scandanavian women are attractive, probably if they weren't they would have sat around lethargically worrying about high taxes and long dark nights and died out.

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  • tomtomagain
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    WHS, and I've heard that beer in Norway costs the equivalent of almost £10 per pint.
    Yes. That's almost the same price as a pint in a fancy London gastro-pub.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Long, cold, dark winters. Expensive to live, but having attractive women. I expect the men spend most of their time shagging, not worrying about tax rates.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
    I've worked in Oslo a few times. It's a very orderly, well run city. The Norwegians I worked with were pleasant and well educated and clearly enjoyed a good standard of living

    ..... however they spend most of their time complaining about how much everything costs and how much tax they pay.

    It is eye-wateringly expensive.

    Stuff you would expect to pay a fiver for in the UK, you are looking at 2 - 3 times the cost in Norway.
    WHS, and I've heard that beer in Norway costs the equivalent of almost £10 per pint.

    It's a wonder most Norwegians don't simply brew their own beer and wine, unless they're public spirited to the point of being simple minded!

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    FTFY

    Thanks to the Baby boomer generation there is now plenty of rented accomodation so the younger generation can focus more on their playstations.

    Have a nice day.

    I hope they make the most of the opportunities that present themselves to the young.

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  • stek
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    High taxation in Norway

    I'm in Iceland at the moment and the taxation here is the same as the Netto next door.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    And boomer tossers invested it in BTL empires
    FTFY

    Thanks to the Baby boomer generation there is now plenty of rented accomodation so the younger generation can focus more on their playstations.

    Have a nice day.

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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    Yes, they did and that money are not used to provide lower taxes, like say in Saudi Arabia
    No, as you pointed out, they didn't p1$$ it up a wall.

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
    It is eye-wateringly expensive.
    Not for MF shirley .....

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  • tomtomagain
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    I've worked in Oslo a few times. It's a very orderly, well run city. The Norwegians I worked with were pleasant and well educated and clearly enjoyed a good standard of living

    ..... however they spend most of their time complaining about how much everything costs and how much tax they pay.

    It is eye-wateringly expensive.

    Stuff you would expect to pay a fiver for in the UK, you are looking at 2 - 3 times the cost in Norway.

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  • PurpleGorilla
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    They invested their income from oil.
    And boomer tossers pissed ours up the wall.

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  • AtW
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    Found their budget info -

    Expenses

    Operating costs: 109,355
    Investments: 40,334
    Transfers: 927,708
    Lending and instalment: 2
    Total costs: 1,202,683

    Income

    Operating income: 132,970
    from investments: 16,179
    Taxes and transfers: 928,248
    Paybacks: 59,682
    Total income:1,137,079

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_budget_of_Norway

    So they get 12-15% of budget income from investments, but they are also investing more than they gain from those investments.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    They invested their income from oil.
    Yes, they did and that money are not used to provide lower taxes, like say in Saudi Arabia

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