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Norway Plans $49 Million Annual Tax Cut for some Young Workers

  • Starting in 2025, Norway intends to randomly choose a group of individuals aged roughly 20 to 35 to benefit from yearly reductions in their taxes as part of a multi-year program.
  • The Labour Party government introduced this plan to test the tax cut’s impact on income and employment amid worker shortages and rising social security costs.
  • The annual tax cuts, up to 27,500 Norwegian crowns , could last three to five years and apply to about 8% of workers aged 20 to 35.
  • Finance Minister Stoltenberg stated that this measure will provide clear evidence on the effectiveness of the tax deduction in increasing youth employment.
  • If parliament gives its approval, the program—estimated to cost 500 million crowns annually—will involve studying a group of recipients in comparison to non-recipients.
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The Norwegian government has announced plans to randomly select 100,000 people born between 1990 and 2005 to receive an annual tax cut of up to 2,400 euros over several years, with the aim of measuring the effect on income and employment.

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The government is considering a pilot scheme with tax deductions for young people between the ages of 20 and 35. This could provide tax benefits for 100,000 randomly selected people.

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The Norwegian government announced today that it plans to randomly select 100,000 young workers, aged 20-35, who will receive a tax cut of up to 2,380 euros per year for a number of years, in order to study the impact on income and employment. Due to rising benefits and a shortage of workers in some sectors, Norwegian governments have been considering ways to stimulate the labor market for several years, changing the rules of financial assistanc…

Do you think this is fair, Jonas? The government – led by Jonas Gahr Støre – has come up with something completely wild: They want to give tax breaks to young people … through a lottery. Yes, you read that right. 100,000 randomly selected young people between the ages of 20 and 35 will receive up to 27,500 kroner less in taxes every year – not because they struggle, work hard or earn little, but because their names were drawn. What kind of justi…

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Regjeringen.no broke the news on Monday, May 26, 2025.
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