Tax limitation for recipients of means-tested benefits
Tax limitation in connection with low general income can be given to recipients of the following means-tested benefits from the National Insurance service.
Transitional benefits
- former family carer
- spouse
Survivor's pension
- pension to family carer or surviving spouse
You will not pay tax when your general income before the special allowance is below the threshold amount.If your income is higher, tax on general income and employer's national insurance contributions combined must not exceed 55% of the income above the threshold amounts.
You will have to pay any bracket tax and wealth tax even if you are covered by the tax limitation rule.
If you have capital, 1.5% of the capital exceeding NOK 200,000 is added to the income before the tax limitation is calculated. Housing that you use as your own primary dwelling (i.e. the home you are resident in at the end of the income year) is excluded from the capital calculation. 'Primary dwelling' here also includes farmhouses and their naturally associated plots.
Tax limitation in connection with low general income is automatically granted during the assessment process.
Amount limits: | |
Single | NOK 147,450 |
Spouse | NOK 135,550 |
Wealth supplement: | |
Rate | 1.5% |
Limit: single | NOK 200,000 |
Limit: spouse | NOK 100,000 |