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Potential · highNorway: recover the withholding tax on your dividends
Every dividend paid from this country loses 25% to withholding tax at source. The tax treaty caps it at 15% for a French resident. The 10-point gap is not lost money: it can be claimed back — with the right forms, within the deadline.
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Example for €10,000 of gross dividends, French tax resident, before our success fee. Indicative amounts — every claim is verified before filing.
Technical file
The numbers that matter
Both rates, the gap, the form and the time you have left: everything that decides whether a claim is worth opening.
25%
Statutory rate
withheld from non-residents by default
15%
Treaty rate
for a French resident
10 pts
Recoverable gap
5 years
Statute of limitations
from the end of the year of payment
Your deadline to act
To be confirmed5 years
5 years from the end of the payment year, as a general rule (to be confirmed during your file's diagnostic).
Compute my exact deadline →The procedure in practice
- Form
- RF-1306 (online claim)
- Competent authority
- Skatteetaten (Norwegian Tax Administration)
- Online filing
- Yes
- Relief at source
- Yes
Relief at source prevents the over-withholding before it exists: the correct rate is applied at payment time. See the relief-at-source service →
Data reviewed on 12 July 2026 · Indicative amounts — every claim is verified before filing.
Specifics
What you should know about this country
- A 10-point gap (25% withheld, 15% owed) on the pillars of the Oslo exchange (Equinor, DNB, Telenor…).
- Relief at source genuinely works in Norway when the custody chain is documented in advance: prevention is a serious option, not a theoretical promise.
- For EEA-resident individuals an alternative route exists (the so-called shielding deduction) which can beat the treaty rate on some profiles: we quantify both routes before filing.
Claim documents
The documents required
What we gather with you. Most of these can be requested online or produced from your brokerage statements.
- Certificate of tax residence within the meaning of the treaty
- Evidence of the Norwegian dividends and the 25% withholding
- Statements establishing the custody chain for the securities
- A representation mandate
Frequently asked
Your questions about this country
How long do I have to reclaim the withholding tax on my Norway dividends?
5 years, from the end of the calendar year in which the dividend was paid. This figure is worth reconfirming at filing time: counting rules differ from one administration to another.
Which form do I need for Norway, and who do I file it with?
Form RF-1306 (online claim), filed with Skatteetaten (Norwegian Tax Administration). This administration accepts online filing.
Can I avoid this withholding at payment time, rather than reclaiming it afterwards?
Yes, in theory: Norway makes relief at source achievable for an individual — avoiding the entire 10-point gap before payment even happens. In practice it requires your broker to pass your tax status all the way to the local custodian — check with them, otherwise the full rate keeps applying regardless.
Is it worth filing a claim for Norway?
It depends on the amount: with a 10-point gap here, it doesn't take much in gross dividends to clear our €39 floor fee per successful claim. Below a few hundred euros of over-withholding, recovery becomes marginal once that fee is deducted. The simulator tells you in two minutes whether your case clears that bar.
Is Norway one of the countries with the most to recover?
Norway ranks 13th out of the 19 countries covered for a French tax resident, with a 10-point gap between the withheld rate and the treaty rate.
Resources
Go further
- Best in class12 min read
Which countries offer the best recovery potential for a French resident?
Finland, Ireland and Switzerland on top — the UK, the Netherlands and France at zero, and we say so. All 19 countries ranked by recoverable gap for an individual French resident, with each one's traps.
- Best in class7 min read
The right refund form, country by country: the reference table
Modelo 210, Form 83, NR7-R, 276 Div.-Aut., 5000/5001… The form, the authority, the window and the filing channel for all 19 covered countries — all free from the administrations, table updated with our country database.
- Best in class9 min read
Statute of limitations: how long you have to claim, ranked by country
From Canada and Portugal (only 2 years) to Austria, Sweden, Japan and Norway (5 years): claim deadlines ranked across all 19 covered countries — with both counting rules, the 31 December cliff, and the filing order that follows.
How much can you recover?
Two minutes, no sign-up: the simulator applies the rates above to your real amounts and shows our fee before you commit to anything.
No win, no fee · Pricing 100% public · FR / EN