Legal basis · Tax field audit

Norway

skjønnsfastsetting — discretionary assessment

Findings at a glance

  • Completeness of the data basis
  • Business-specific benchmark
  • Official benchmark tables

exceeded

Completeness of the data basisexceeded

Estimation applies where the returns filed do not provide a proper basis (forsvarlig grunnlag) for the assessment.

CitationSkatteforvaltningsloven § 12-2

What we provideA full census across all accounts, suppliers and product groups. No sampling is used; 100 per cent is the upper limit and cannot be exceeded by any method.

Further information — 2 axes

Business-specific benchmarkexceeded

Reference points are the comparison of declared income, probable private consumption and movements in assets; statistics from Statistics Norway are used for this purpose.

CitationSkatteforvaltningsloven § 12-2 · Skatteforvaltningshåndboken

What we provideThe calculation rests on the recipes and quantities of the audited business, not on an industry average.

Official benchmark tablesexceeded

No benchmark tables for businesses. Official consumption statistics serve as reference figures.

CitationSkatteforvaltningshåndboken zu § 12-2

What we provideThe actual mark-up of the business is determined and set against the official figure — with a reasoned classification.

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