Tax Return

Overview

The Norway Tax Return report is created in compliance with a system for submission of tax-reporting to the Norwegian Government effective January 1, 2022. This report assists customers with the manual submission of the tax return. It contains aggregated data for the tax entries grouped by the standard tax codes as provided by the Norwegian Tax Authority (Skatteetaten).

For more information, refer to the following links:

https://skatteetaten.github.io/mva-meldingen/frontpage_eng
https://github.com/Skatteetaten/saf-t/tree/master/Standard%20Tax%20Codes

The Norway Tax Return report is designed to do the following:

Serve as reference when manually submitting VAT forms to the Norwegian Tax Authority.
Provide visuals and validation until an integration for automatic submission is complete.

This report is available in a WebI format and as a PDF file.

Report Workspace

Navigation

To open the report workspace, select Reporting » Country Reports » Norway » Tax Return.

Or, go to Reporting » BI Launch Pad and click Open BI Launch Pad. The report is located on the Business Performance Management » Reporting » Norway folder.

Selection Criteria

Field	Description	Mandatory
Tax Reporting Unit	Only include tax submissions and tax entries for which the tax reporting unit name is the answered name(s) of the prompt. Add multiple values through the BI Launchpad only. Refresh the report (click the Refresh icon) to display the selection criteria, then select the tax reporting units. Note: Deltek recommends selecting only either a tax reporting unit or a company number.	No
Company No.	Only include tax submissions and tax entries for which the company has the tax number(s) answered in the prompt. Enter multiple values via the Workspace Client or BI Launchpad. Use a semicolon to separate multiple input values, for example, 1;30;21. Note: Deltek recommends selecting only either a tax reporting unit or a company number.	No
From Year-Period	Only include tax submissions and tax entries belonging to a settlement starting with the answered Year-Period. Single valued.	No
To Year-Period	Only include tax submissions and tax entries belonging to a settlement ending with the answered Year-Period. Single valued.	No
From Tax Settlement No.	Only include tax submissions and tax entries starting with the answered tax settlement unit number. Single valued.	No
To Tax Settlement No.	Only include tax submissions and tax entries belonging to a tax settlement ending with the answered tax settlement unit number. Single valued.	No
Message No.	Enter a message number. Singled valued.	No
Message Type	Enter the message type. In the Web Intelligence report, the following types are available: General (Alminnelig) Primary Industry (Primærnæring) Tax Compensation (Merverdiavgift Kompensasjon) Single valued.	No
KID	Enter a customer identification number (KID). Single valued.	No

Note: The combination of the Tax Reporting Unit field and Company No. field may affect the report in the following ways:

Selecting a value for both: The registration number from the tax reporting unit is used. Tax settlement entries from both selected tax reporting unit and company number are included in the report. For entries with the same tax reporting unit and company number, the record is shown only once.
Not selecting a value for both: All entries are included regardless of the tax reporting unit or company number, possibly resulting to duplicate entries. The registration number of the tax reporting unit with the highest alphanumeric value is used. This is not recommended.

The WebI report is located in Business Performance Management » Reporting » Norway. You can save the report in PDF, Excel or .CSV format.

Generate the Report

Export the Report

To generate the report:

Go to Reporting » Country Reports » Norway » Tax Return.
Enter the selection criteria for running the report.
Click Run. The screen refreshes and displays the generated report.
To keep a copy, click the Download icon. In the dialog box, specify the parameters for the export file (file type, reports and options), then click Export.

Submit the Report

Not applicable for this report.

Report Description

Universes

This WebI report is based on the underlying universe(s):

Tax Settlement
System

Export Fields and Descriptions

The Norway Tax Return report provides a summary of tax entries in accordance to the Standard Tax Code provided by the Norwegian Tax Authority (Skatteetaten).

Header

The header contains general information on the generated report, such as: the registration number of the Tax Reporting Unit or selected company, the message information, the system information, and the sum of all the tax settlement entries for the selected period.

Note: Some older versions of Maconomy may display a secondary table for unmapped tax codes, and the header applies to both mapped and unmapped tax codes.

Field	Description
Registration No.	Derived from the selection criteria. For companies with different registration numbers, they are listed as comma separated values
Message Number	Derived from the selection criteria.
Message Type	Derived from the selection criteria. This is the subtype of the Tax Return.
System	Displays the internal version of the Maconomy system.
KID	Derived from the selection criteria. This is the customer's identification of a payment.
Year	Derived from the selection criteria.
Period	Derived from the selection criteria.
Sum	Displays the total deductible tax amount of all the tax settlement entries in the selected year-period.

Standard Tax Code

The main table, Standard Tax Code, contains information necessary for the manual filing of tax returns to the Norwegian Tax Authority. A subtotal is provided at the footer to check whether the total of tax amounts matches the sum in the header.

Field	Description
Standard Tax Code	Displays the standard tax code as mapped in the Option List Remarks 1 field and the Option List Description . Refer to Maconomy Setup for mapping instructions.
Specification	Displays additional tax conditions not specified in the standard tax code. Note: This is not supported, but the report displays the EU Acquisition Tax to differentiate between the input VAT and the output VAT of EU Acquisition entries. It is highly recommended to manually update the specification (Option List Remarks 3) when submitting through Altinn3.
Tax Code	Displays Maconomy tax codes. Different combinations of standard tax codes, specifications and tax codes are displayed in several lines. Input tax and output tax also appear on different lines, even if they have the same tax codes. Mapping for Option List Remarks 2 field overrides the value of the tax code. Refer to Maconomy Setup for mapping instructions.
Rate	Displays the rate used in calculating outgoing VAT. This is blank for input VAT.
Basis	Displays the amount, with the inverted sign, in the company's currency used to calculate tax. This is blank for input VAT. Values are rounded down to the nearest whole number.
Tax Amount	Displays the deductible tax amount, with inverted sign, in the company's currency. Only amounts from settled (i.e., approved and posted) tax entries are included. Values are rounded down to the nearest whole number.

Note: To account for all tax settlement entries for some older versions of Maconomy, a secondary table is added for tax codes not included on the Option List for NSAFT. This table is hidden if all tax codes are already mapped. A subtotal is provided in the footer to check whether the total of tax amounts matches the sum in the header.

Rounding Rules

The Basis field and the Tax Amount field are rounded down to the nearest whole number using the following rule: each record with the same combination of standard tax code, specification and tax code are summed in a single line including the decimal. Once the sum is calculated, the decimal is removed.

For example, using the following data:

Standard Tax Code	Tax Code	Basis	Rate	Tax Amount
3 Output VAT Regular Rate	25% utgående mva	10,003.96	25%	2,500.99
3 Output VAT Regular Rate	25% utgående mva	10,003.96	25%	2,500.99
3 Output VAT Regular Rate	uttak	6,003.96	25%	1,500.99

The basis for the tax code (25% utgående mva: 10,003.96 + 10,003.96) is calculated first before removing the decimal. The sum 20,007.92 is then displayed as 20,007 after rounding down. The same rule applies to the tax amount (2,500.99 + 2,500.99 = 5,001.98), which is displayed as 5,001 after rounding.

For the tax code (uttak), even though it is mapped on the same standard tax code, it appears as another line, then is calculated and rounded down separately, resulting in 6,003 and 1,500.

The following is a sample output in the report:

Standard Tax Code	Tax Code	Basis	Rate	Tax Amount
3 Output VAT Regular Rate	25% utgående mva	20,007	25%	5,001
3 Output VAT Regular Rate	uttak	6,003	25%	1,500
	Total:	26,010		6,501

Limitations

This report does not support integration to ID-Porten, and it cannot handle validation and automatic submission to the Norwegian Tax Authority.
The Specification field is currently unsupported, and you need to manually input the specification when submitting to the Altinn portal.
When all fields are mapped, an unnecessary message displays (“No data retrieved for unmapped fields”).

Admin Setup

Maconomy Setup

Mapping to Standard Tax Codes

This report uses an option list to map Maconomy tax codes with the standard tax codes provided by the tax authority.

To create the mapping, follow these steps:

Go to Setup » System Setup » Option Lists.
Click + New Option List to open the Create Option List dialog box. .
In the Option List No. field, enter NSAFT.
(Optional) Provide a description for the option list.
Click Create Option List.
On the Options table, click the Add icon.
In the Name field, enter the tax code name (or the value from the Name field of in Reference Workspaces » General Ledger » Tax » Tax Codes (or G/L Tax Codes).
In the Description field, enter a description for the standard tax code.
In the Remarks 1 field, enter the corresponding standard tax code.

Note: In the Remarks 2 field, you can enter the tax code short name if it exceeds the character limit but this is optional.
Click Save.

Email Notification Setup

Configure Maconomy to send an email notification when it successfully generates a data export or encounters an error while running the report. The email specifies the report name, other information such as the report's format (if any), as well as the date and time the export is created. The alert is sent to the email address associated with the user who initiates the report. For reports with errors, the message points to the maconomy.log file for details.

To set up the email server and sender:

Open the Extension.ini file. It is located in the <Path to Maconomy installation>\CouplingService\Configuration\Settings folder.
Configure the email server and sender:
- Locate mailserver.address and change the value to smtp.deltek.com:25.
  Note: The email server can also be set via the Web Client. Go to Setup » System Setup » System Parameters » Mail Port and Server workspace and use the Server and Mail Port parameters.
- Locate email.from.default and provide an email address for the From field of the email.
Save the file.
Restart the Coupling Service to apply the changes.

External Setup