Aksjeselskap ASSvalbard & Jan Mayen
What it takes to form, own and run a private limited company in Svalbard & Jan Mayen, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.
This company type
At a glance
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For å stifte et aksjeselskap skal den eller de som skal tegne aksjer i selskapet (stifterne), opprette et stiftelsesdokument.
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Selskaper som er hjemmehørende på Svalbard, skal svare skatt av hele sin inntekt når ikke annet følger av denne lov.
Form it
Who registers it
- Registry
- Formed without visiting
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Formed online
- Yes
What it takes to form
- A notary
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- A resident director
- Required
- Paying up the capital
- Not in our records
Own it
Who may own and run it
- Directors
- At least 1 · one must live there
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Selskapet skal ha et styre med ett eller flere medlemmer.
- Shareholders
- At least 1
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For å stifte et aksjeselskap skal den eller de som skal tegne aksjer i selskapet (stifterne), opprette et stiftelsesdokument.
- Members
- At least 1 · one person may form it alone
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For å stifte et aksjeselskap skal den eller de som skal tegne aksjer i selskapet (stifterne), opprette et stiftelsesdokument.
- A local company secretary
- Not required
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Pliktige roller i et aksjeselskap er styre.
- A local registered agent
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
Each year, at the registry
- Annual registry fee
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Accounts on the public record
- Yes
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The accounting information is publicly available.
- Audit for a small company
- Not required
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Generalforsamlingen kan med flertall som for vedtektsendring beslutte at selskapets årsregnskaper for inneværende regnskapsår eller senere ikke skal revideres etter revisorloven dersom
- Audit
- Auditing is the main rule for an AS; the general meeting may resolve not to have the accounts audited where revenue, balance sheet total and average staff stay under thresholds set in regulation and staff do not exceed ten man-years (Aksjeloven s.7-6).
Important dates
When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.
Not in our records No dates for the AS are in our records.
What is public
- Directors
- Public
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Opplysninger i aksjeeierboken skal være tilgjengelige for enhver.
- Shareholders
- Public
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Opplysninger i aksjeeierboken skal være tilgjengelige for enhver.
Tax
Tax on profit
How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.
Varies · 16–22%
Svalbard tax law, as the 2026 Storting decision sets its rates: a company resident on Svalbard is taxed on all its income; income that is not wage-withholding income and not company surplus above NOK 15 million bears 16 per cent. The part of company surplus above NOK 15 million is taxed at 22 per cent after a deduction of 10 times wage costs and 0.20 times the value of plant and real property on Svalbard (decision s.3 b).
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Selskaper som er hjemmehørende på Svalbard, skal svare skatt av hele sin inntekt når ikke annet følger av denne lov.
- CFC rules in SJ
- Not in our records
Close it
Closing it
The other end, which most guides leave out.
- Route
- Dissolution by resolution of the general meeting (Aksjeloven s.16-1), followed by winding-up (avvikling) under chapter 16
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Beslutning om å oppløse selskapet treffes av generalforsamlingen med flertall som for vedtektsendring når ikke noe annet er bestemt i lov.
- Statutory fee
- Not in our records
Every business in Svalbard & Jan Mayen
VAT
- Standard rate
- Not in our recordsThe tax authority’s pages have not been read for SJ.
Payment and banking services
None of the services whose lists we hold names SJ. Each provider, and what a listing means.
Reference
Its name and code
- Kind
- Private limited companyDerived our grouping, the same words in every country
- Name in law
- Aksjeselskap (AS)
- Identifier
- SJ-AKSJESELSKAPA form ISO 20275 does not list.