Hi everyone! So my lithuanian father worked for some time in Norway in the construction sector. He was employed, and as I understood, taxes were payed (or he thought they were). Last year he received a letter from Norwegian TAX Administration that he has to pay over 3.000 Eur for taxes for the period of 2021. As he didn’t know what to do and cannot contact his employer anymore, he paid. Last week he received another letter “notice of legal enforcement of claim” claiming that he has to pay almost 10.000kr again for the period of 2020! He does not work or live in Norway since 2021. Last year when he paid the 3.000 Eur, he said that he was even returned some money.. this year he received a letter for the period of 2020. Maybe anyone understands what is the tax policy in Norway – why didn’t they send a claim earlier for the period of 2020? It is 2024! How many letters we should expect in the future, as every year it is a surprise.. We also don’t understant why he has to pay less than the “original claim”? What is this claim about, how were the taxes calculated and so on. We cannot contact the Tax administration by phone, as we don’t speak norvegian and it is difficult for me to understand in english anything related to taxes.. my father doesn’t speak english. Maybe there is any “hidden” e-mail we can contact the administration? (Their website states that it is not possible), or could any of you consult what should we do. Sorry for my english, I hope you can give me any advise
by Still_Drop111
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You need to call them and make sure this isn’t a scam. Sounds fishy if he was employed. We don’t pay tax after the fact in Norway, the employer pays the tax BEFORE he pays the worker. (Or, takes the money for tax in to a separate tax account)
Find all payslips from the period your father worked here and check for Forskuddsskatt.
[https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/contact/](https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/contact/) I’d suggest first starting a chat and requesting an advisor from the chat bot.
The claims could be fraud or legit. If legit the case may depend on how much he earned, if he earned quite a bit it’s possible that the prepaid taxes that were deducted from salary was too little as there are progressive taxes. If he didn’t earn too much it’s possible the business fucked up or because you don’t pay taxes under a certain amount he might struck just above without paying taxes.
The reason why they’re so late could be because they had difficulty finding his contact details?
Do you have the account number that you’re suppose to send it to?