Updates with finance minister’s comments from sixth bullet.
- Norway’s fiscal policy advisory panel says “a natural part” of a planned comprehensive tax reform would be lower taxes on labor, according to a statement
- Says a pending tax agreement “should include improvements in wealth tax, regardless of the level at which the wealth tax should be levied”
- Urges removing various rebates on types of assets, adding that “distributional considerations can be addressed through a basic deduction and a progressive wealth-tax rate”
- Says tax benefits for housing should be gradually reduced and eventually eliminated
- NOTE: A separate tax commission was
appointed last ...