Associate Professor Tormod Torvanger
- Tormod.Torvanger@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 97 98 / +47 902 12 508
- Department
- Accounting, Auditing and Law
- Office
- C813
- Expertise
- Tax Law The Norwegian Tonnage Tax System International Tax Company Law
Tormod Torvanger has been employed at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) since 2011. In addition to other tasks at NHH, he is course responsible for Tax Law (RET14), Tax and Duties (ACC 441), and Company Law (ACC 440). He also lectures tax law at master’s level at the University of Bergen. Prior to entering academia, Torvanger practiced as a tax lawyer in a Tier 1 law firm.
Torvanger’s PhD degree was awarded based on an acclaimed analysis of the Norwegian tonnage tax system in an international perspective, i.e. a study of the framework’s criteria for vessel eligibility (Gyldendal 2020). He is also a co-author of Karnov’s commentary on the Norwegian Tax Act and a participant in tax research forums at the University of Bergen and the University of Oslo respectively.
Torvanger is a member of the Norwegian Complaints Board for Petroleum Tax and the deputy leader of the Price Council for Aquaculture.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Torvanger, Tormod | Skatteloven med kommentarer, §§ 8-10 flg. (rederibeskatningsregelsettet) | Karnov lovkommentarer (60 pages); 2021 |
| Torvanger, Tormod | Access to the Norwegian tonnage tax system | Gyldendal Akademisk; 2020 |
| Torvanger, Tormod | Access to the Norwegian tonnage tax system | 2020 |