An annual licence fee shall be paid for a licence to retail alcoholic beverages with a maximum of 4.7 percent alcohol by volume, or for a licence to serve alcoholic beverages.

The fee is calculated on the basis of the anticipated volume of alcoholic beverages sold, cf the Alcohol Regulations s. 6-1.

At the end of the year, the licensee shall send in a return reporting the actual volume of alcoholic beverages sold.

The fee for 2020 is set using the following rates (Alcohol Regulations s. 6-2):

Retail Sale

  • NOK 0.22 per litre of goods sold for alcoholic beverages in Group 1
  • NOK 0.61 per litre of goods sold for alcoholic beverages in Group 2

Serving

  • NOK 0.50 per litre of goods sold for alcoholic beverages in Group 1
  • NOK 1.32 per litre of goods sold for alcoholic beverages in Group 2
  • NOK 4.36 per litre of goods sold for alcoholic beverages in Group 3

As at 01.01.2020 the licence fee is NOK 1,700 for retail sales and NOK 5,300 for serving, and from 01.01.2021 the licence fee is NOK 1,740 for retail sales and NOK 5,400 for serving.

If there is a variance between the anticipated sales originally submitted and the actual sales, the licensing authority can carry out a retrospective calculation and require settlement, cf the Alcohol Regulations s. 6-3.

Form for completion

You can find a link to the electronic form here.

The sales turnover return shall be confirmed by an auditor. If the company is not obliged to have an auditor, a copy of the sales turnover returns from all suppliers of alcoholic beverages shall be enclosed.

The deadline for submitting the sales turnover return is 15 March 2021.

NB. Failure to submit the return will result in two penalty points, cf the Alcohol Regulations s. 10-3 third paragraph.

Enclosures that are forwarded shall be sent to postmottak@bodo.kommune.no or to: Bodø Municipality, Service Desk, PO Box 319, 8001 Bodø

Executive officer: Line Støvset, tel. 7559 3313/7555 5000

Email: line.stovset@bodo.kommune.no