Three MPs—Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen, Haagen Poppe, and Tage Pettersen—proposed that the government clarify the revenue impact of a platform-neutral VAT exemption for news. The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs recommends the government conduct such an analysis, including revenue effects and how to define the exemption's scope, and involve stakeholders in the process.
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The Storting asks the government to study a platform-neutral VAT exemption for news services, including its revenue impact and how to define the exemption in line with its intended purpose, involve affected parties in the analysis, and present the findings to the Storting in due course.