Norwegian Travel Expense Rates - Allowances and more

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Last updated: Feb 06, 2023 by Sigrid Kviteberg
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Domestic Travel Rates 2023

Subsitance Allowances

For travels over 15km and lasting more than 6 hours, the expenses for meals are covered as follows:

Allowance

Full amount

Taxable

Allowance

Full amount

Taxable

1

From 6 hours and up to 12 hours

NOK 342

NOK 142

2

Over 12 hours without accommodation

NOK 637

NOK 237

3

Travel that lasts throughout the day with an included meal:

as per point 1) or 2).

 

4

Over 12 hours with accommodation

NOK 872

NOK 238

Meal Deductions

Deducted from the applicable Allowance rate.

1

Breakfast

20 percent

2

Lunch

30 percent

3

Dinner

50 percent

Example:

If an Employee travels with 1 overnight stay in a hotel, breakfast is normally included. It means that 20% should be deducted from 872 NOK given for accommodation.

Accomodation expenses

Accommodation expenses are covered by receipt.

Night supplement for Domestic journeys

Night supplements covers the employee's unauthorized accommodation expenses on trips with overnight stays (for example, private accommodation). Night allowance according to the state's rates is paid when it is clear that the employee has spent the night (outside their own home), and when the person in question has not been offered accommodation in a hotel or similar.

Rates for Kilometers and Passengers

The tax free rate for Kilometer Allowance is NOK 3.50 per kilometer

Use of own car

 

Kilometer Allowance/Kilometergodgjørelse

4,48 kroner per kilometer

For driving on forest and construction roads/For kjøring på skogs- og anleggsveier

1,00 kroner per kilometer

Use of Trailer/Bruk av tilhenger

1,00 kroner per kilometer

Passenger allowance when other employees are taken on assignments/Passasjertillegg når det tas med andre arbeidstakere på oppdrag

1,00 kroner per kilometer

Use of other own resources

 

Motorcycle over 125 cubic centimeters (ccm)/Motorsykkel over 125 kubikkcentimeter (ccm)

2,95 kroner per kilometer

Moped and motorcycle up to and including 125 cubic centimeters (ccm)/Moped og motorsykkel opp til og med 125 kubikkcentimeter (ccm)

2,00 kroner per kilometer

Snowmobiles and ATVs/Snøscooter og ATV

10 kroner per kilometer

Boat with motor/Båt med motor

7,50 kroner per kilometer

International Travel Rates 2023

You can find the rates per country using the following link:

Meal Deductions

Deducted from the applicable Allowance rate.

1

Breakfast

20 percent

2

Lunch

30 percent

3

Dinner

50 percent

Example:

If an Employee travels with 1 overnight stay in a hotel, breakfast is normally included. It means that 20% should be deducted from 872 NOK given for accommodation

Updating APM and APP

Adonis Personnel Manager | Global Rates

For customers that use manual registration of travel expenses directly in Payroll, the Organization rates must be updated for Kilometer rates, and similar.

This is done as follows;

  1. Go to Setup | Organization Structure.

  2. Click on the top organization and then the rates tab

  3. Update the rates as applicable

 

Updating rates in Adonis Personnel Portal

Allowance rates for Abroad Travel

The rates per country can be updated manually or imported using the following file:

Creating a New period

  • Log into the Adonis Administrator Portal and go to Configuration | Travel Expenses.

  • Click on the New period and set the date for when the rates should take effect and click Create

  • You can now see the new “Rates period start” and can use the Edit on each line to go in and update the rates for e.g. Own car etc.

  • Domestic Allowance rates should be set as follows:

  • For the Aborad Allowance Rates, contact Adonis Service Desk which can help you upload the new rates. For customers on Adonis Cloud, the rates will be updated automatically.