Norway MVA, the no_mva worksheet and the SAF-T file

# Norway MVA, the no_mva worksheet and the SAF-T file

Verify with your tax office. Last reviewed 2026-11-06. The Norwegian Tax Administration publishes the MVA rates and the MVA-melding. Check the rates and the upload template with your adviser.

Rates and codes

Install the Norway pack to get:

• NO-STD standard rate 25%.
• NO-FOOD reduced rate 15% for food.
• NO-RED reduced rate 12%.
• NO-ZERO zero-rated supply, NO-EXPORT zero-rated export.
• NO-EXEMPT exempt supply and NO-OOS outside the scope of MVA.
• NO-RC reverse charge on services bought from abroad at 25%.

The worksheet

Open the Norway tab, choose the period and show the no_mva worksheet. It posts sales at 25%, 15% and 12%, with the MVA at each rate, zero-rated and exempt totals, input tax and the amount to pay or claim. Copy the figures into the MVA-melding yourself.

The SAF-T file

The Norway tab makes a SAF-T Financial file for the period in the Norwegian layout. It carries the header the Norwegian version asks for (version 1.30, country NO, the software name and version, the organisation number, the default currency, the period and the accounting basis), the chart of accounts with a grouping category and code on each account and its opening and closing balances, the customers and suppliers with their balance account and balances, the tax table, the products used on invoices, the sales invoices, the vouchers, and the customer receipts and supplier payments. Each voucher line carries a debit or credit amount and points at its tax-table code, and each invoice line carries its amount, unit price, tax point date, debit or credit indicator and tax code.

The tax table maps each code used in the period to the Norwegian standard code: 25, 15, 12, 0 and E for exempt. A code with another rate uses its own short code (up to two letters or digits), or NA where no mapping can be worked out.

The file follows the published Norwegian SAF-T Financial 1.30 structure. Pop Books doesn't bundle the official schema. Check the file against the Tax Administration's validator before you submit it.

What to upload where

Upload the SAF-T file where your accounting or reporting arrangement asks for it, after checking it against the validator. Pop Books does not connect to the Tax Administration and does not upload the file for you.

What the pack doesn't cover

The pack does not file the MVA-melding, does not work out payroll withholding tax, and does not sign the SAF-T file.