Comments on: Norway Import Duty Changes for 2020

By: Kaina Jacobsen

Kaina Jacobsen — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:00:42 +0000

In reply to Darius Kucinskas. Dicrimination is at highest but we norwegians thinks there isnt. I do agree with 2 points. Bad human rights and discrimination.other than these 2 Norway is pretty good

By: San

San — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 06:42:56 +0000

In reply to Richard Crouch. Don't believe what you see on TV. Your statement is not true. People who are rich don't need Trump. They are making money from their business and from the stock market. I am not rich but because of the rise in the stock market my 401K has earned me more money.

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:26:14 +0000

As with any foriegner who lives in Norway and pays income taxes in Norway must unfairly pay this incredible import taxes on gifts from family outside of Norway, I know they say that gifts are supposed to be exempt from this tax, but I have had gifts of less than 500kr taxed multiple times. Imagine paying 249kr tax for a gift of 420kr. The website didn’t have the proper forms to request a refund. When I called the Norwegian customs office, they said they can not do refunds if the tax had been applied. In effect this tax is penalizing immigrants and foriegn workers who have family outside of Norway. My realiatives who used to always send my young children gifts are now having second thoughts. They have starting to send money instead which I aim to spend outside the country in principle. If the government is trying to add a tax on foriegn people they have achieved it with this backwards tax. How about the government focus on making Norwegian online business more competative in the real world so they don’t lose out on selling products in a competative world.

By: Adrian Robert

Adrian Robert — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:21:30 +0000

In reply to Mickey. Unfortunately at the moment, at least from amazon.de, the answer is YES. And unfortunately since there and on other European online stores, standard European VAT is already included in the prices and they don't deduct it when shipping to Norway, it means we are paying VAT twice. Once to the EU and once to Norway. You'd think there'd be something illegal there, but if so, neither of the tax collecting parties care or are motivated to fix it.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 10:45:59 +0000

I live in Britain and I’d like to send my Norwegian daughter in law some chocolates. Can anyone tell me how I can do that without making her pay tax on them? Is there a shop in Oslo I can phone? Is that the best way? The current tax system is quite cruel to British relatives of people in Norway, especially those who like me are shielding and can’t post presents, only order online. My son in Oslo went years without telling me that all the presents I sent him from online stores were costing him every time.

By: Fiona Moore

Fiona Moore — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 02:52:03 +0000

Still trying to find out if this also applies to gifts sent from UK or elsewhere. Customs site is a minefield and doesn’t clarify this. Used to be you could receive gifts up to the value of £100 without having to pay customs handling tax or extra VAT. Now totally unclear if you can still do so.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:48:29 +0000

I am feeling the burn from this new change, no more cheap goods from aboard … have to pay extra dollars on items that used to be cheap ….hmmm……….

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:47:33 +0000

In reply to Richard Crouch. What?

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:46:44 +0000

In reply to Mickey. Still applies i think.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:23:25 +0000

In reply to John. If I buy something from Europe, will there also be import fees? Or is it only for Australia, UK, US, etc ?