VAT Compensation for Volunteer Organizations

• Volunteer organizations can apply for VAT compensation for goods and services, even for costs without VAT, with the 2026 application deadline on September 1 and payment usually in mid-December.
• The scheme is expanding and becoming more secure, as Parliament has decided future funding will be rule-based rather than dependent on annual government budget decisions.
• A new regulation has been introduced, mostly continuing the existing rules but with simplifications, including raising threshold values from 5 million to 7 million kroner.
• Organizations registered in the Voluntary Register may apply, but groups tied to a central body must apply through it; under-units with registered bank accounts can now receive payments directly.
• The simplified model lets organizations claim compensation based on total operating costs, even without VAT-paid expenses; central bodies and independent applicants need at least 100,000 kroner in eligible costs.

Source: pkf.no

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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