Legality before saving
A relief that cannot be explained in one paragraph to a case officer is not a relief; it is a deferred liability with interest attached. We only recommend what we would defend in writing.
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- The firm
Seventeen advisers. One standard of proof.
We were founded in 2008 by two former Skatteetaten case officers who had grown tired of watching sound Norwegian businesses overpay out of sheer administrative habit.
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Our position
Optimisation is a documentation discipline
There is nothing exotic about lawful tax optimisation in Norway. The reliefs are written into the Tax Act, the regulations and a long line of binding advance rulings. What separates the company that uses them from the company that does not is almost never appetite for risk — it is whether someone sat down, read the structure end to end, and wrote the position down at the time the decision was made.
That is the whole of our method. We do not sell schemes, we do not build artificial arrangements, and we will tell you plainly when a proposal you have been offered elsewhere is likely to be set aside under the general anti-avoidance rule in section 13-2 of the Tax Act.
- Independent. No commissions, no product sales, no referral fees from banks or insurers.
- Documented. Every measure is issued with a memo you can file and rely on years later.
- Accountable. If a position we recommended is challenged, we defend it at our own cost.
Principles
Three rules we do not bend
Whole-structure thinking
A deduction that lowers corporate tax and raises the owner's wealth tax by more is a loss. We model the company, the holding entity and the household as one system.
Price agreed in advance
Every engagement is quoted as a fixed fee before work starts. If the scope changes, we requote and you decide — nothing is added to the invoice after the fact.
People
The advisers who will read your file
You are assigned one lead adviser and one reviewer. Neither changes during the engagement.
Henrik Aalborg
Managing Partner
Eleven years at Skatteetaten's large-taxpayer unit before founding the firm. Leads corporate restructuring work.
Kristine Øvrebø
Partner, Private Clients
Advises owners on dividend policy, wealth-tax valuation and the transfer of family companies between generations.
Sindre Bakkeli
Head of VAT
Specialises in input-VAT recovery for property and construction, and in the ten-year capital goods adjustment rules.
Ada Lindqvist
Head of International Tax
Treaty relief, permanent establishment analysis and transfer pricing documentation for Nordic and EU groups.
By the numbers
Where our work happens
17
Advisers & analysts
3
Offices in Norway
640+
Active client files
96 %
Client retention
2008
Year founded
Who we work with
Our typical client
- Owner-led AS companies with turnover between NOK 8 million and NOK 400 million.
- Holding structures where the exemption method and group contributions are in play.
- Property investors facing VAT adjustment obligations and wealth-tax valuation questions.
- Founders preparing an exit who need the structure right two to three years before the sale.
- Foreign groups establishing a Norwegian subsidiary, branch or project presence.
- Private individuals relocating to or from Norway with share portfolios or property abroad.