100,000 properties in Norway have unknown homeowners

And also you requested Økokrim chief Pål Lønseth in an interview with TV 2 final week a few tightening of property legal guidelines in Norway. The Økokrim chief receives assist from tax director Nina Schanke Funnemark.

– It’s a problem that we should not have enough overview of who owns what in Norway, says Funnemark to TV 2.

Earlier than the tax notices have been despatched out in March this 12 months, the Swedish Tax Company lacked info on the possession of roughly 193,000 properties. Round 6,000 leisure properties are registered with out homeowners, and slightly below 67,000 properties are registered to individuals who have died.

Within the roughly 193,000 instances the place the Tax Company lacks info, there is no such thing as a registered proprietor, and in addition no proprietor who has declared the property within the tax return.

For round 90,000 of the properties, it’s regular for varied causes that they don’t have registered homeowners. This might, for instance, be as a result of homeowners being registered on sections. This leaves 100,000 properties.

Funnemark believes {that a} registration obligation for possession of actual property is important.

– That might have made it a lot simpler for us to find out and acquire the proper tax, however maybe much more necessary: to battle financial crime, says Funnemark.