Sunday, February 12, 2006

TV Tax?!

We just received a bill for 1347.65NOK for owning a TV. This is an annual tax. TVs are licensed here, and unlike PBS in the US where they beg for funds, in Norway they simply tax everyone who owns a TV (which presumably is everyone). Strange, huh?
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is the Olympic XC skiing coverage in Norway like the Super Bowl here?

2/15/2006 5:02 PM
Funknuggets said...

How much is that exactly...

2/15/2006 6:14 PM
filtersweep said...

The tax was about $200US. It is for a little more than a year, since we purchased the TV in December. The TV cost 6000 nok- if I recall, which isn't cheap either.

XC skiing and biathlon are like the Superbowl. The office park has a TV in the lobby that gets rather crowded at times.

It is really crazy if you think about it that a tiny country like Norway often leads the medal count for the winter games.

2/15/2006 6:29 PM

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