Norway Government to Set Up Commitee to Review Tax System

Norway’s Labor government will create a cross-party tax committee tasked with recommending adjustments “that can make the tax system better adapted to structural changes and long-term challenges for the Norwegian economy,” according to a website statement late on Thursday.

• The mandate will be formed “on the basis of discussions with several parties, and the plan is for it to deliver its report within one year of starting its work”
• “Secure economic governance requires good long-term priorities, of which a well-functioning and trust-based tax system is an important piece,” Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg says in statement
• Conservative leader and former premier ...