SkatteFUNN Application: We Help with the Reporting

A status report or final report for must be submitted annually for SkatteFUNN projects, no later than 1 March the following year. The report must include the project costs and project status, as well as the achievement of objectives in the case of the final report. In the final report, it is important to be specific about what has been achieved and what has not yet been successfully accomplished in the project. Assistance with SkatteFUNN reporting is included in our offering.

We can also provide guidance on the rules and structure of the project accounts. However, we recommend involving an auditor as early as possible if there are costs you are uncertain about including.

Project accounts showing costs directly related to the implementation of the SkatteFUNN project must be kept on an ongoing basis. Cost categories include:

Personnel and indirect costs for the company’s own employees must be documented with timesheets.. The standardised hourly rate is 1.2 per mille of the agreed annual salary, capped at NOK 700 per hour. Overhead and indirect costs (such as social costs, rent, telecom, IT, etc.) are considered covered by the standardised rate.
Purchases of R&D services from a university, university college, research institute, or company approved by the Research Council of Norway.

Equipment and instruments: Depreciation costs and any operating costs may be included for equipment/assets used in the project. If the equipment is also used in other activities or projects, only the proportional share corresponding to the time the equipment is used in the project may be included. This includes impairment of assets where the change in value is a direct result of the project.

Other project costs include direct project-related expenses, i.e. costs for goods and services related to the project that do not fall under other cost categories. Examples of such costs include the purchase of technical knowledge and external services, directly project-related training and travel expenses, specific software licenses, costs for first-time patenting for SMEs, procurement of materials/consumables, capital costs, equipment for the development of prototypes or test environments, and meeting expenses.