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At the end of August, it became known that the world’s largest farming company Mowi will take legal action against the state in order to test the legality of the salmon tax. Mowi CEO Ivan Vindheim believes the tax is unfair to large companies. Among other things, there is a reaction to the so-called bottom deduction, which allows all farming companies to make a profit of NOK 70 million – before the ground rent tax kicks in. Therefore; The first 70 million kroner is not affected by the salmon tax – but every kroner above this amount is. – A floor deduction of NOK 70 million means that only companies with significant profits will pay ground rent tax, the government wrote when the salmon tax was sent out for consultation this spring. It is a tax model that Mowi dislikes. – The deduction means that the base rate model is no longer neutral. The small ones are favored over the big ones, said the head of the world’s largest farming company to news in August. Mowi has 141 breeding facilities in Norway. Here from the slaughterhouse at Her\u00f8y on the Helgeland coast. Photo: Mowi \u2013 The reasoning is wrong Earlier this year, Mowi recorded the company’s best ever quarter. In the second quarter of this year, the farming company had revenues of around NOK 15 billion. Therefore, the announced lawsuit arouses reactions from several smaller breeders in Norway. – Mowi believes that the basic deduction for ground rent tax is “unfair” and “discriminatory”, as the smaller farming companies benefit more from a fixed amount in deduction than the large ones. I think that claim is wrong. The reasoning is also wrong, says Fredd-Jarle Wilsg\u00e5rd to news. He is the head of Wilsg\u00e5rd Fish Farming, based at Torsken in Senja municipality. Intrafish mentioned Wilsg\u00e5rd’s move against Mowi first. The company has only had a profit before tax in some years that has exceeded NOK 70 million. They are thus one of the companies that often end up below the limit for paying ground rent tax. – Over time, the larger farming companies have influenced the regulations in such a way that they have significantly greater flexibility on a day-to-day basis than the smaller ones. – The larger companies have arrangements that enable them to move permits and utilize these across county borders and between regions. In terms of size, they have advantages with the group biomass regulations, says Fredd Wilsg\u00e5rd. Photo: Marita Andersen \/ news Wilsg\u00e5rd also points a finger at the industry organization Sj\u00f8mat Norge, which has stated that it supports the lawsuit. – Seafood Norway must look after both large and small members. That Mowi points to “injustices” is enough marching orders for the organisation. The smaller breeders welcome that, says Wilsg\u00e5rd. – Small by Mowi At Sels\u00f8yvik in R\u00f8d\u00f8y municipality in Nordland, Aksel Olsen has set up salmon farming. As the founder and owner of one of Norway’s smallest farming companies, Sels\u00f8yvik havbruk, he is critical of Mowi’s lawsuit. – They justify it by saying that smaller breeders would get an advantage. I think it’s a bit petty of Mowi to bring it up. SELS\u00d8YVIK: Aksel Olsen says that his motivation for farming on the coast is to create activity in the local community. – It is quite deep. Photo: Synn\u00f8ve Sundby Fallmyr \/ news – Why? – Mowi is a large company and cannot be compared to the way we work. They get the same deduction, but for them it means nothing – for us it means a little. He believes the company would have received a “violent” tax burden, if they had not had the bottom deduction to lean on. That would again make it difficult to contribute to the local environment, claims Olsen. – But don’t the small breeders also have to contribute to the community? – We contribute and pay taxes to the community like the other companies in Norway. We have wealth tax, income tax, production tax, dividend tax and the purchase of permits. So we already contribute a lot. Olsen says he is not directly critical of the role Sj\u00f8mat Norge has taken in this case. – But I think they must take everyone into account. Sels\u00f8yvik Havbruk is a small company with few employees. It is only in 2022 that they have exceeded the limit for minimum deductions. Photo: Yngve Brox Guldbj\u00f8rnsen Chairman Jarle Solemdal of Sels\u00f8yvik Havbruk thinks Mowi has a bad case in court. – Everyone gets a deduction per company, it’s not illegal. This will then be tested in the legal system outside Norway, and fisheries are not part of EU cooperation. It will be an exciting case. Thinks Mowi is committing reputational suicide It is not just the small salmon farmers who are reacting to the lawsuit from the salmon giant. The lawsuit is probably useless, Fiskeribladet wrote in an editorial in August. – Going to court against political priorities is probably useless, and Mowi will achieve nothing other than a ruined reputation, wrote the editor. And added: – We therefore directly feel sorry for all small and medium-sized breeders around the country who try to promote the industry when at the same time they experience that some of the country’s richest people handle tax matters in this way. This is pure reputational suicide for Mowi. In the worst case for the entire salmon industry. Mowi is the world’s largest farming company and has activities in 25 countries. Photo: Ole-Christian Olsen \/ news Mowi: Wants to test the legality news has sent the criticism from the breeders to Mowi and asked them to comment on why they want to take legal action against the state. In a short comment, communications director Ole Helge Hjetland replies that Mowi wants to “test the legality of the bottom deduction in the new ground rent model and the government’s expressed desire to hit the big guys with this tax”. – We have a responsibility to fight for our framework conditions and for the rest of the industry. This is a legal process that we neither can nor want to carry out in the media. Seafood Norway: Have not taken a position – We have deliberately not taken a position on that matter, because we know that small and large breeders have different opinions. That’s what Geir Ove Ystmark, CEO of Seafood Norway, says. Geir Ove Ystmark is managing director of the industry organization Sj\u00f8mat Norge. Photo: Jonas Kroken S\u00e6vereide \/ news He says that Mowi is fully entitled to have the legality of the salmon tax tested. – But as a member organisation, we have chosen not to go into the technical aspects of minimum deductions. – On the contrary, our members are critical of the salmon tax and its structure, and have therefore worked to shed light on the consequences of the tax. We are working to get the entire facility adjusted after the next general election in 2025.
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