Municipal tax increases again much more than inflation – OBI Online

The percent increase from 2014, over 50 percent more than inflation.

According to this year’s report from the House Owners Association of municipal water and sewage fees, garbage collection fee and sweep fee, the average increase per household 3.2 percent. The overall inflation in Norway from 2014 to 2015, only 2 percent.

– As single year there undramatic, but if we look all the way back to 1992, when we started with these statistics, as have fees increased 50 percent above inflation each year. Då starts getting dramatic, says study director Dag Refling in Huseiernes Association said.

Part of the reason for the increase is above the level of inflation in Norway is that municipalities are gearing up water and sewers. The excuse is still not good enough, according Refling.