Accounting in Norway Calculator 2025

Accounting in Norway – what is the most cost-effective option? Cost calculator for 2025

New business – what about accounting?

Running a company in Norway requires meeting several important requirements. First and foremost: the annual return. This is the most important obligation, which makes it possible to legally report income and settle it. In addition, once you exceed 50 000 NOK in turnover over the previous 12 months, you are obliged to register for VAT (MVA). However, for most entrepreneurs there is also another, often more important requirement.

Keeping full company accounts in accordance with Norwegian rules is mandatory for businesses that have exceeded 50 000 NOK in turnover from business activities over the previous 12 months. So we must always check the previous 12 months to see whether the limit has been exceeded. If so, we should contact an accountant.

Cost calculator – find out how much you will pay!

If you already know that you are obliged to keep accounts, one of your first thoughts was probably: “How much will I pay for this?”. We hasten to answer – it depends on which option you choose. As with all services, there are options that are cheaper and “worse”, more expensive and “better” or… more expensive and “worse”.

In practice, there are two types of approach to choose from: handing everything over to an accountant or using accounting software. Each of these solutions has its pros and cons, but in most cases an authorised accountant will be the best option. It is worth using accounting software if you have a very small business with not many complicated documents.

All right, but let’s get to the point: how much will I pay? You can calculate it in our calculator:

Accounting cost calculator

in Norway 2025

Type of company:

Sole proprietorship ENK AS company or NUF

Number of documents per month: 10

Number of employees: 0

Results:

Accounting cost at Efirma Regnskap AS: -

Accounting cost at Efirma.no: -

Average accounting cost in Norway: -

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Accounting calculator – instructions

In the calculator we take into account the factors on the basis of which the final price of accounting services is most often determined:

• Type of company – prices are different for sole proprietorships and for companies.
• Number of documents / month – this also has a major impact on the price of services.
• Number of employees – payroll also has an aspect that unfortunately costs extra.

Based on this information, we get results for:

• The cost of authorised accounting at Efirma Regnskap AS office
• The cost of your own accounting, carried out in Efirma.no software
• The average accounting cost in Norway, calculated by us on the basis of around 35 accounting firms across Norway.

The amounts given are net amounts.

What is the most cost-effective option?

As you can probably see in the calculator, financially the most cost-effective option is always to keep the accounts in Efirma.no software. However, that does not mean it will always be the best option for you.

When keeping accounts in accounting software, we are responsible for what is entered into the accounts. It is up to us to do the bookkeeping itself, we must remember to submit reports on time, use the correct accounting codes, etc. – in general, this solution requires a great deal of commitment and free time. If, however, we have a small business, this solution should be the best for us.

The second option is to hand the accounting over to an accountant. It must be an authorised accountant in order to legally provide accounting services for businesses. Here, as you can see in the calculator, the most cost-effective financially (and not only) will be authorised accounting at Efirma Regnskap AS. It is also a better option for entrepreneurs who do not have much time or the headspace to deal with all the paperwork. The accountant will take full care of your company, handle all important obligations and always submit all reports on time, which helps avoid penalties from the tax office.

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