VAT-free "No laughing allowed in the cabin" hardly so dangerous
Øystein Foros and Hans Jarle Kind: The Tax Agency's VAT claim against VG+ of half a billion NOK touches on the core of the VAT exemption for parts of the media market. Do we like the alternative?
Although the overall principle of VAT exemption for news media has been set in stone since the Borten government, there have been regular discussions about where the limit for the exemption should lie, Øystein Foros and Hans Jarle Kind write.
Their opinion piece Momsfritt «Ikke lov å le på hytta» neppe så farlig (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 26 October, 2025.