Norway Company Credit Reports

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Accounts filing requirements and legal obligations

All Private companies (Ltd)
All Public companies (PLC)
All companies with liabilities and associations/organizations except the smallest ones ( less than NOK 5 mill. in sales revenue, less than 5 employees and no more than 5 partners. )
All sole proprietorships with more than 20 employees or more than NOK 20 mill. worth of collected property.
All companies which are under the inspection of The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway.
Financial institutions
Foundations
State corporations
Securities´ funds
Co-operatives and financial associations with more than NOK 2 mill. in sales revenue.
Housing cooperatives and joint housing ownerships
Other associations with more than 20 employees or more than NOK 20 mill. worth of property.
Foreign-owned companies which practise or participate in operations in Norway or on the Norwegian continental shelf and which are subject to taxation in Norway.

The annual accounts for the financial year 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2006 must be filed by 01/08/2007, electronically by 01/09/2007. Companies with deviating financial years by 31/03/2007.

In general the filing requirements for Norwegian companies are the same - independent of the size and type of company (there does exist a few exceptions which are not listed here.)

Small to medium enterprises ( SME )
To be a small company, at least two of the following conditions must be met:

annual turnover must be NOK 60 mill. or less;
the balance sheet total must be NOK 30 mill. or less;
the average number of employees must be 50 or fewer.

Large
Large companies include:

public companies
accountable companies with shares, primary capital certificates or bonds quoted on the stock exchange, an authorized market place or another equivalently regulated foreign market.
Other accountable companies if regulations are set by the department.

SME and large companies must file:

the abbreviated profit and loss account;
the full balance sheet;
a special auditor´s report;
the directors´ report; and
notes to the accounts.

All companies not claiming an exemption must file:

a profit and loss account (or income and expenditure account if the company is not trading for profit);
a balance sheet signed by a director;
an auditor´s report signed by the auditor (if appropriate);
a directors´ report signed by a director or the secretary of the company;
notes to the accounts; and
group accounts (if appropriate).

Credit report content

The reports are updated on a daily basis and include where available:

Registration information including address, registration date, number etc
Contact details including website etc, where available
Credit recommendations, where financial data has been analysed
Type of company, size and trading status
Financial data and key ratios (if filed)
Shareholders and share capital
Directors
Associated companies
Public records
General information, including reporter comments

Official documents available

Copies of original legal documents filed at the company registry. Documents are in the official local language and certified translations can be arranged if required. Please contact us to order documents.