Terminated general tax conventions between Norway and other states
Article | Last updated: 03/02/2025 | Ministry of Finance
Terminated general tax conventions for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion, and other international agreements regarding tax matters.
Country | Signed | Status | In force |
Australia | 06.05.82 | Treaty terminated c) | 19.10.83 |
Barbados Protocol |
15.11.90 03.11.11 |
Treaties terminated e) | 30.07.91 01.06.12 |
Belgium Protocol |
14.04.88 10.09.09 |
Treaties terminated |
04.10.91 |
21.08.80 |
Treaties terminated |
26.11.81 18.07.18 |
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Bulgaria | 01.03.88 | Treaty terminated | 01.04.89 |
Curacao Protocol |
13.11.89 10.09.09 |
Treaties terminated e) | 17.12.90 01.09.11 |
Cyprus | 18.05.55 |
Treaty terminated d) | 11.05.55 |
India | 31.12.86 | Treaty terminated c) | 02.07.87 |
Ireland | Treaty terminated | ||
Jamaica Protocol |
30.09.91 04.12.12 |
Treaties terminated e) | 01.10.92 12.09.13 |
Malawi | 18.05.55 | Treaty terminated d) | 16.12.63 |
Malta | 02.06.75 | Treaty terminated | 22.07.77 |
Poland | 24.05.77 | Treaty terminated c) | 30.10.79 |
Portugal | 24.06.70 | Treaty terminated | 01.10.71 |
Romania | 14.11.80 | Treaty terminated c) | 27.09.81 |
Serbia | Treaty terminated a) | ||
Sierra Leone | 18.05.55 | Treaty terminated d) e) | 18.05.55 |
Slovenia | Treaty terminated a) | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 29.10.69 | Treaty terminated e) | 07.08.70 |
Turkey | 16.12.71 | Treaty terminated | 30.01.76 |
United Kingdom | 12.10.00 | Treaty terminated | 21.12.00 |
Zambia | 14.07.71 | Treaty terminated | 22.03.73 |
a) The tax treaty between Norway and Yugoslavia of 1 September 1983 is suspended. By the exchange of notes the treaty has been given effect for Croatia as from 6 March 1996. By the exchange of notes 6 March 1997, the treaty was given effect for Slovenia as from the date of independence of the Republic of Slovenia (until January 1 2009). By the exchange of notes 20 August 2008, the treaty has been given effect for Bosnia Herzegovina as from the fiscal year 2009. By the exchange of notes 29 May 2003, the treaty was given effect for the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro as from the date of the exchange of notes (until January 1 2010). By the exchange of notes 31 October 2011 it has been clarified that the treaty shall apply to the Republic of Montenegro as from the date of Montenegro’s independence on 3 June 2006.
b) The tax treaty between Norway and Czechoslovakia of 27 June 1979 will temporarily apply for the Slovak Republic.
c) The protocols of these treaties provide an option for Norway, by means of the exchange of diplomatic notes, to replace the exemption-method with the credit-method as the general method for the avoidance of double taxation. In 1998 diplomatic notes were sent to Australia, Greece, Hungary, India, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Tanzania.
d) The tax treaty between Norway and the United Kingdom signed 2 May 1951 was by the exchange of diplomatic notes 18 May 1955 extended as to include several British colonies which later became independent states.
e) The tax treaties with Sierra Leone, Barbados, Curacao, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago was decided terminated by Royal Decree dated 9 June 2023. Diplomatic notes have been sent and the terminations have effect from 1 January 2024.
Agreements with limited scope
Country | Status | Signed | Scope |
Argentina | 0* | 09.11.48 | S & A |
Greece | 1 | 15.08.31 | S |
Greece | 1 | 25.05.55 | A |
Hong Kong, China | 1 | 02.06.00 In force 01.01.97 |
A |
Hong Kong, China | 1 | 16.10.03 In force 01.01.05 |
S |
Iran | 1 | 21.11.69 | A |
Yugoslavia | 1 | 20.06.66 | S & A |
China | 1 | 02.08.74 | S |
Kuwait | 1 | 27.02.77 | A |
Lebanon | 1 | 10.12.68 | S & A |
New Zealand | 1 | 08.08.68 | S |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | A | |
Soviet Union | 1 | 11.02.71 | A |
Soviet Union | 1 | 18.03.74 | S |
South Africa | 1 | 19.06.51 | S & A |
South Korea | 1 | 02.02.73 | S & A |
Czechoslovakia | 1 | 25.10.62 | A |
Ukraine | 3 | A | |
Uruguay | 1 | 18.12.81 | A |
Uzbekistan | 3 | A |
* Suspended in accordance with article 30.3 in the dobbel tax treaty between Norway and Argentina.
Country | Status | Signed | Terminated |
Nordic countries | 1 | 12.09.89 | 22.08.14 |
Switzerland | 1 | 07.12.56 | 01.01.15 |
United States | 1 | 13.06.49 | 01.01.15 |
Country | Signed | Status | In force |
Bermuda | 16.04.09 | 1 | 22.01.10 |
British Virgin Islands | 18.05.09 | 1 | 03.12.10 |
Cayman Islands | 01.04.09 | 1 | 04.03.10 |
Guernsey | 28.10.08 | 1 | 07.10.09 |
Isle of Man | 30.10.07 | 1 | 06.09.08 |
Jersey | 28.10.08 | 1 | 07.10.09 |
Country | Status | Signed |
Finland (convention on taxation of the construction of cross-border bridges) |
1 | 19.05.93 |