- This is much worse than we first thought – Altaposten

Thursday morning informed Mayor Alf E. Jakobsen and Councilman Leif Vidar Olsen council in Hammerfest on a consultation paper which was released Friday morning. The memo, entitled “Property Taxation of labor and machinery, etc. implement and use, “adds up to big changes in taxation of industrial plants.

Here you put up to two alternative; loss of property taxes for production and installations, or to cut the whole scheme of works and use as a separate tax category, nor ensure that such properties are taxed as ordinary commercial.

Hammerfest is the loser

In the consultation paper drawn Hammerfest voted one of the municipalities that will lose big on the scheme, whatever option:

“The biggest impact on the absolute value will be found in municipalities with large industrial plants, for example Aukra, Lindas, Hammerfest, Tysvær and Øygarden. In each of these municipalities will revenue shortfall could probably be the 100 million dollars. “

The benefit is that companies, in Hammerfest case Statoil, which will be left with.

Can Losing 180 (!) million

For Altaposten Thursday said Councilman Olsen that he fears a loss of income of up to NOK 65 million as a result of these changes.

– From signals we have received, I understand that the consequences at worst could be that a third of our revenues from Melkøya disappears. We have over 200 million in revenue from Melkøya every year. So we are talking about 65 million.

Now type Mayor Alf E. Jakobsen (Ap) on Facebook that the consequences could be even greater. Hammerfest sitting claimed he left with 60 200 million – at best. At worst, the result could be an annual loss of 180 million for the municipality.

– This is far worse than feared yesterday. When we go through the draft document for mills and factories, this will mean that we luckiest case is left with 60 and, at worst, 20 million of 200 million. When Norway’s municipalities as well have great treasure failure on income tax (between 22 and 27 million is likely to Hammerfest) and it comes in far less taxes than the Government itself has based assumptions at this very dramatic especially for petroleum municipalities with landing plant, writes mayor Jakobsen on Facebook.

The reason that Hammerfest hit especially hard is that the Melkøya plant currently taxed as if it is only fixed installations here. With the proposed changes, a large part of the plant is kept away from taxation, then it can be considered mobile equipment.

– If a change is made in the definition of what is a fixed installation, so it will be reflected the way to calculate property tax, said Councilman Olsen to Altaposten Thursday.

– We are six landing municipalities affected and a total of 100 municipalities when we take with other industry municipalities. It will draft document can only be taxing the lot and building and nothing else, writes Mayor Jakobsen on Facebook.

Unacceptable

Helga Pedersen (Labour Party) believes tax proposal provides hopeless impact, not least for Hammerfest part. In the consultation paper shows that the Ministry of Finance envisages that the result will be the relocation of approximately 1.3 billion, from authority, and businesses, particularly large production enterprises including in the oil industry. Hydroelectric power is excluded.

– Here shows Siv Jensen its true face when she earlier this week said that the municipalities do not have the property tax. It seems that the government does not have though that a good school and elderly care is related with a good municipal. A revenue in the billions for the municipalities we are obviously contrary.

Pedersen does not deny that they would welcome a review of the rules for the valuation of tax object.

– But, as they say, it is a difference between shaving and cutting off his head. I will never accept a scheme that allows Hammerfest lose revenue in the order of magnitude we are talking about, she said.

Finnmark lose – again

And better are not speaking of reintroducing municipal corporation.

– This claim they will stimulate economic development in municipalities. But the scheme goes really out to reallocating 2.9 billion in fees. 41 Norwegian municipalities receive increased revenues, 386 municipalities are losing. 18 of 19 municipalities in Finnmark will lose in the scheme, including both Alta (0.5 million) and Hammerfest (1.5 million). Even if it is just small change compared with the Hammerfest is about to lose, so this is also another step in the wrong direction, she said.