The tax administration is considering to make skattelistene more continuously available – the Journalist

on Thursday night the coup Dagens Næringsliv (DN) the Norwegian media coverage. While most newsrooms, waiting for the clock should be 03 the night of Friday, published DN its first case concerning the tax assessment already at 19 the night before.

It triggered a great deal of uncertainty. What had happened? There were leaks at the Directorate of taxes that made that DN got the stuff now already? No, replied the chief editor Amund Djuve to NTB. They had simply bought the data from a kredittopplysningsselskap.

Behind the idea is reportasjeleder Frode Buanes. He put forward the proposal in the newsroom Thursday morning and repeated the method he used as a journalist in Bergens Tidende, four years ago.

Previously not exploited

As a result of DNs publishing, did the tax skattelistene available for the press at 23 on Thursday night. Four hours earlier than expected.

– It is established practice that all newsrooms get simultaneous access to the tax assessment data in the skattelistene in October each year. Now arose a situation where a newspaper already the afternoon before publication, went out with the tax assessment data for the year 2015. We therefore chose to speed up the planned disclosure, writes communications director Mariken Holter in the tax administration to the Reporter.

the Director writes that in this specific case, they believe it is unfortunate that the DIRECTORATE has used information taken from kredittopplysningsselskap. She writes that it is good that the DIRECTORATE helped to clarify where mediehusets journalists had received the data from.

Journalists have the opportunity to do enkeltoppslag at kredittvurderingsselskaper and to obtain updated tax assessment data, but this is previously not exploited to get skattelistene anticipate, printer, Holter.

But this is wrong. As told did Buanes similar exercise in 2012 when he wrote about 2011-the equation of the Mohn family in Bergen Bergens Tidende newspaper.

Make the lists available earlier

On questions about what are the consequences of DNs coup will have for the publication the next year, the answer Holter that those in the agency want to preserve the transparency around the skattelistene, and that it is important to ensure neatness in the distribution and use of such information. Since it has occurred it she reviews a new situation, and since the tax assessment has become increasingly updated, it will be natural changes.

It can be natural to make an assessment of whether there should also be an earlier disclosure of preliminary tax information lists that can be searchable to the public on the tax administration.no, and to the newsrooms rather than having one skatteliste and the publication of this, she writes.

– How does this action the agency’s disclosure of the numbers to the credit companies put?

There will also be natural to look at the distribution of tax information lists to the press in connection with the disclosure of data to kredittopplysningsvirksomhetene.

Asked about the meeting

Biznode have in the aftermath of the DNs publishing been in contact with the tax administration. In a press release, write the company’s lawyer, Therese Fevang that they will discuss with the agency the media’s use of the data the company sits on.

Our updated kredittdata therefore have a great social advantage. The media also uses this data can be a consequence we will discuss further with the Directorate of taxes, enter Fevang.

After the Reporter know, DN carried out the search of in excess of 100 names.