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What a compliant invoice must show in Norway.

The fields, the party identifiers, the exact statutory wording for each tax treatment and the NOK rule — each cited to the statute or the tax authority, not a summary of one.

Tax figure in NOK Legal format EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) PDF counts as the invoice

What the invoice must show

The content Norway's rules put on the face of the document, beyond the parties, line items and totals every invoice carries.

Document title
Faktura Invoice
Tax shown in
NOKmerverdiavgift angis i norske kroner (bokføringsforskriften § 5-1-1)
Date of supply
Mandatory on every invoice
Payment terms
Due date or payment terms required

How each party is identified

The registration numbers and their formats the Norway rules expect on the invoice.

Seller
Organisasjonsnummer organisation number + MVA when registered · 9 digits, followed by MVA · always
Seller
Foretaksregisteret the word 'Foretaksregisteret' (AS/ASA/NUF) · print the word · companies
Buyer
Kjøpers organisasjonsnummer / adresse buyer organisation number or address · business buyer

The exact wording, by tax treatment

When no tax is charged, the invoice has to say why — in the words the law names. Each is linked to the statute or tax authority it was read from.

Omvendt avgiftsplikt — merverdiavgiftsloven § 11-1 (kjøper beregner avgiften)Reverse charge
Fritatt for merverdiavgift — utførsel, merverdiavgiftsloven § 6-21VAT exempt export
Zero-ratedstatute ↗
Fritatt for merverdiavgift (0 %) — merverdiavgiftsloven kap. 6VAT exempt (zero rate)
Unntatt fra merverdiavgiftsloven — kap. 3Outside the VAT Act
Out of scopestatute ↗
Ikke avgiftspliktig i Norge — leveringssted i utlandetNot taxable in Norway
Foreign seller (import)statute ↗
Uten norsk merverdiavgift — levering fra utlandet; innførselsmerverdiavgift beregnes av importøren (merverdiavgiftsloven § 3-29, § 11-1)VAT not charged — supply from abroad; import VAT is accounted for by the importer (Norwegian VAT Act § 3-29).

Bokføringsforskriften § 5-1-1: nummer og dato, partene (org.nr + MVA, Foretaksregisteret), ytelsens art og omfang, leveringstidspunkt og -sted, vederlag, betalingsforfall, merverdiavgift i NOK spesifisert per sats.

The format, and who sends it

A plain PDF still counts as the invoice in Norway; a structured e-invoice is accepted where the buyer asks for it.

Legal format(s)
EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) · PDF invoice
Transmission
Sent supplier→buyer; no government clearance in the path

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Invoice by Juros-AI builds the Norway e-invoice — EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) — and checks it against the official schema on your own machine before anything is sent. Invoice by Juros-AI reads any invoice into clean data and is adding compliant invoice creation — the same rules on this page, built into the engine, run entirely on your own hardware. No cloud, nothing uploaded, no figure invented.

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Every generated invoice is validated on your machine against the official artefacts — the OASIS UBL/CII schemas, the CEN EN 16931 schematron, Peppol BIS 3.0, KoSIT XRechnung, FatturaPA, KSeF FA(3) and the Peppol PINT packages. This page is a reference for build scoping; it is not legal or tax advice.

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