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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
Resources
Go further
- 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 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 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