If you have employees, or run a limited company (AS) where you are the only employee, the compensation must be paid out as salary. Whenever salary is paid, employer’s national insurance contributions (arbeidsgiveravgift) must also be paid. The rate depends on the municipality where your business is located, and can vary between 0% and 14.1% of gross salary.

Payroll Processing

• You send us the payroll basis, e.g. in the form of timesheets – or
• You and your employees register the hours yourselves
• You and your employees register expense claims for business travel
• We calculate the salary and send out payslips to you and your employees
• We calculate holiday pay (feriepenger)

Payroll Follow-up

• We report the A-melding to the Norwegian Tax Administration (Skatteetaten)
• We submit payroll statistics to Statistics Norway (SSB)
• We assist with claims for sick pay reimbursement
• We pay out salary and holiday pay to your employees, withhold tax, and pay the employer’s national insurance contribution on your behalf

You Get Up-to-date Payroll Information

We use integrated payroll systems within your accounting system, such as Tripletex, or Nettlønn, a cloud-based payroll system. In addition to Tripletex, our main system, we also work with Conta, PowerOffice Go, Fiken and eAccounting. We can handle payroll processing for you, so you can spend your time growing your business.

• You have full visibility of your payroll costs
• You can submit payroll figures to insurance companies as a basis for occupational injury insurance and defined contribution pension

Minimum Wage and Employment Contract

Norway has no general statutory minimum wage, with exceptions for employees in certain industries to prevent wage dumping. The current applicable rates for your industry can be found on the website of the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (Arbeidstilsynet).

Here you can download the Norwegian standard employment contract, valid from 1 July 2024 (available in Norwegian only).

How We Can Help

Economy Regnskap AS offers comprehensive payroll services for small and medium-sized businesses in Namsos and Overhalla – from ongoing payroll processing and A-melding reporting to reimbursement claims and annual payroll statistics.

Want to learn more about our payroll services? Read more about our accounting services here, or arrange a meeting with us.