VERDALEN (Dagbladet / Børsen): In a rare In an interview with the Norwegian press, salmon entrepreneur Gustav Witzøe took a hard line with the wealth tax through Dagbladet’s financial website Børsen earlier today.
The multi-billionaire is particularly worried that a Labor-led government will increase the wealth tax, which will cost SalMar 400 million, according to Witzøe.
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– That is the price we have to pay to keep the operation at home in Norway, here on Frøya, because we want to create something here, because we want to give back to the local community, Witzøe told Børsen.
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Labor leader Jonas Gahr Støre still insists that wealth tax is something Witzøe, and many others, can afford to pay.
DANCE ON ROSES: The Labor Party leader hands out roses in Levanger as part of the election campaign start in 2021. Photo: Hans Arne Vedlog / Dagbladet
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– I think it is reasonable that those with high fortunes pay a fair share to the splice team. The differences in Norway are increasing, and it is affecting public confidence. The Labor Party wants wealth taxation at the 2016 level, which was not a bad year to have wealth in Norway. I think Gustav Witzøe will live well with that, says Støre to Dagbladet.
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The Labor Party leader starts his election campaign in Trøndelag today. In the sunshine outside Levanger, he hands out roses and smiles to potential voters. Between the roses, Støre answers questions about the wealth tax.
– The point is that the wealth tax goes to people, not the company. When the company is worth as much as Gustav Witzøe’s company is, it is only reasonable that he contributes to the community, Støre continues.
– Just sad
Cecilie Myrseth (Labor Party) from the business committee in the Storting goes even further than her party leader.
Myrseth says she perceives Witzøe’s controversial interview with Børsen as a clear threat to flag out.
– This proposal is just sad, and does not testify to a good understanding of the social contract where society stands up, but also has expectations of what is returned, Myrseth says to Børsen.
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She also believes that the SalMar founder, consciously or not, misunderstands the structure of the wealth tax in Norway.
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– It is not companies that pay wealth tax, it is a personal tax. Wealth tax ensures that the richest cannot become zero taxpayers and is one of the few tools society has to even out differences, at a time when differences in the country are increasing. The ten percent richest in the country now own more than half of all wealth, says Myrseth.
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Witzøe has earned billions on farmed salmon. And he has transferred his fortune of over 20 billion kroner to his son Gustav Witzøe jr. He transferred all the shares when his son was 13 years old.
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– When one of the country’s richest, goes out with threats to move out of the country if you have to continue to pay taxes, I think is reasonably distasteful and special. The Labor Party also has a clear and good business policy for the development of aquaculture, where the state must stand up not least to be able to develop a new sustainable Norwegian feed industry, which is very important for the competitiveness of Norwegian seafood. We will also develop a new licensing regime for offshore aquaculture and industrial plans for the Norwegian sea areas and aim to double exports from aquaculture by 2030. But we will also set requirements back, she says.
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