The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is considering a private member's bill from MPs Grunde Almeland, Guri Melby, and Abid Raja on simplifying regulations for businesses. The committee majority recommends that the government ensure companies report the same information to public authorities only once, and that reporting thresholds under the Transparency Act be raised. Committee members from various parties have also submitted separate proposals on cash payments, tax rules, and coordination of legislation.
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The Storting urges the government to ensure that the same information is reported to public authorities only once, so companies cannot be required to report information that has already been submitted to other public registers.
The Storting urges the government to propose raising the current reporting thresholds under the Transparency Act.
The Storting urges the government to align accounting and tax reporting requirements.
The Storting urges the government to establish a public committee tasked with coordinating the Accounting Act, Bookkeeping Act, Tax Act, and Value Added Tax Act as they relate to accounting and financial reporting.
The Storting urges the government to propose raising the VAT registration threshold to 100,000 kroner in turnover.
The Storting urges the government to propose raising the employee thresholds for activity and reporting obligations under the Gender Equality Act.
The Storting urges the government, as part of the planned review of activity and reporting obligations in implementing the gender equality and equal pay directives, to also consider raising the employee thresholds for private companies subject to activity and reporting obligations under the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act.
The Storting urges the government to propose measures to coordinate accounting and tax reporting.
The Storting urges the government to propose standard rules for taxing travel and meal allowances and clearer definitions of what constitutes commuting, business, and work travel.
The Storting urges the government to review the requirement for personnel lists under the Bookkeeping Regulations § 8-5-6, with a view to simplifying or removing the provision.
The Storting urges the government to simplify rules governing tax-free mileage allowances.
The Storting urges the government to propose removing the requirement that businesses must accept cash payments when selling goods or services from a staffed, fixed sales location or service point, except for essential services such as groceries, pharmacies, health services, and fuel.
The Storting urges the government to align tax-free mileage allowance rates with government rates.
The Storting urges the government to raise the turnover threshold to 2 million kroner for eligibility to file VAT returns on an annual basis.