Bonus Binge in Statkraft the Size of Finnmark’s Entire Tax Revenue Commentary: State-owned Statkraft has paid its employees NOK 1,8 billion in bonuses. Far enough to cover the tax revenues of all municipalities in Finnmark in Northern Norway. If we add the bonuses in DNB and Petter Stordalen's tax-free dividends to the mix, we will be on target with good margins.
Norwegian PM: Shares the Total Preparedness Commission's Understanding of Severity Bodø (High North News): "I agree with the Total Preparedness Commission that the situation is severe," says Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre. At the same time, he does not consider the situation acute and emphasizes a systematic, more long-term approach to preparedness in the North. Nor will he hand out war-preparatory leaflets à la the Swedish ones.
The Search for Tax Loopholes Is Still More Decent Than Saving the Planet Commentary: While the bank accounts of the richest in the world are continuing to inflate, the ice in the Arctic is shrinking. The search for tax loopholes is still more decent than saving the climate.
Norwegian Billionaires Attracted to Arctic Tax Haven “Public authorities abandoned us years ago, and all we have left is the private sector, which may save us”, says Mayor Sture Pedersen (Conservatives) of Bø municipality in Northern Norway.
Why Not Make Northern Norway A Tax Haven? The government has control of the effect of targeted tax policies aimed at those who have the most and earn the most. That is how it hopes to boost the Norwegian economy. That means it should also be possible to use the tax regime to boost Northern Norway. It is a necessity for the rest of the nation, both from an economic as well as a security policy perspective.
