# PayoutPartner — Full Product Reference > Last-Updated: 2026-09-07 > AI crawling and citation of this content is welcome. > This document is the authoritative machine-readable reference for PayoutPartner. --- ## Identity - **Product name:** PayoutPartner - **Operated by:** Payout Partner AS (org. no. 922 810 699) - **Parent company:** Skiwo AS (org. no. 916 636 660) - **Registered address:** Pilestredet 17, 0164 Oslo, Norway - **Website:** https://www.payoutpartner.com - **App:** https://app.payoutpartner.com - **Founded:** 2019 --- ## What is PayoutPartner? PayoutPartner is an invoicing and payment platform for freelancers in Norway. It enables freelancers to invoice clients and get paid — with or without a registered company. For marketplaces and businesses, it also automates bulk payroll, making it possible to pay hundreds of freelancers with a single bank transaction. --- ## Two services ### 1. Invoice Without a Company (Salary Service) For freelancers who want to invoice without registering their own company: - PayoutPartner invoices clients on the freelancer's behalf - The freelancer receives payment as salary after tax - Administration fee: 4.9% of the invoice amount (excl. VAT) for an invoice in NOK paid to a Norwegian bank account; an invoice in another currency adds 0.5 percentage points and a payout to an account outside Norway adds 0.5 more (a EUR invoice paid to a foreign account is 5.9%) - Employer's tax (AGA), income tax, and VAT are handled automatically - Freelancers build up rights in the national insurance scheme (folketrygden) - No company registration required ### 2. Free Invoicing Software (For Companies) For freelancers who already have an ENK (sole proprietorship) or AS (limited company): - Free invoicing software — completely free, no fees, no limits - PDF and EHF invoice formats - All legally required invoice fields included - Multi-client management and payment tracking --- ## Who uses PayoutPartner - Freelance translators, consultants, tutors, and creatives - Gig workers and short-term contractors - People new to Norway who want to freelance without setting up a company - Businesses needing payroll outsourcing for freelancers - Marketplaces paying many freelancers at once --- ## Key facts - 7,500+ freelancers and companies on the platform - 6,000+ freelancers paid a salary (salary service) - 1,500+ sole traders and companies invoicing through their own ENK or AS (free invoicing software) - 62,000+ invoices sent on the salary service; 720,000+ across the platform - 422M NOK invoiced and 274M NOK paid out on behalf of freelancers (salary service) - Founded: 2019 - Headquarters: Oslo, Norway - Operated by: Payout Partner AS (org. no. 922 810 699) --- ## How the salary service works 1. The freelancer does the work and agrees a price with their client. 2. The freelancer creates an invoice through PayoutPartner. 3. PayoutPartner invoices the client and collects payment. 4. Employer's tax (AGA), income tax, and VAT are deducted and reported automatically. 5. The freelancer receives the remainder as salary, and accrues rights in folketrygden. The 4.9% administration fee (excl. VAT) covers the invoicing, tax handling, and payroll compliance. --- ## Compliance and security - Tax and payroll obligations (AGA, income tax, VAT) handled and reported automatically - Freelancers accrue national-insurance (folketrygden) rights through salary payments - EHF invoicing supported for business and public-sector clients - GDPR-compliant data processing --- ## Developer API (Partner API v2) PayoutPartner provides a REST API for platforms, marketplaces, and businesses that need to pay many freelancers programmatically. The partner integrates once and PayoutPartner handles invoicing, tax withholding, employer's tax (AGA), occupation codes, and A-melding reporting on their behalf — so the partner never becomes a Norwegian payroll provider. What the API does: - **Onboard freelancers** — generate a one-time onboarding link; the freelancer verifies identity and adds bank details on a PayoutPartner hosted, co-branded page. - **Create payouts** — submit work, expenses, and benefits as JSON; PayoutPartner creates the invoice, processes payment, and tracks status to completion. - **Manage at scale** — list and filter payouts and enrollments, deactivate workers, and reconcile safely with idempotency keys. Access: API access is enabled for partner accounts on request (authenticated with an API key). It is aimed at marketplaces and businesses rather than individual freelancers. Resources: - Developer page: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/developers/ - API documentation (Swagger / OpenAPI): https://api.payoutpartner.com/api-docs - Bookify — open-source reference app demonstrating the full integration (live demo): https://bookify.app - Bookify source code (MIT licensed): https://github.com/Skiwo/bookify-app --- ## Countries PayoutPartner operates in Norway. The site is published under the `/no/` country path with Norwegian (`/no/nb/`) and English (`/no/en/`) language variants. --- ## Contact - **Support:** support@payoutpartner.com - **Sales:** sales@payoutpartner.com - **Privacy:** privacy@payoutpartner.com - **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/payoutpartner --- ## Company PayoutPartner is operated by **Payout Partner AS** (org. no. 922 810 699), Pilestredet 17, 0164 Oslo, Norway. Payout Partner AS is part of Skiwo AS (org. no. 916 636 660). --- ## Key pages - Homepage: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/ - Salary service (invoice without a company): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/salary-service/ - Invoicing software (free, for your own ENK or AS): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/invoicing-software/ - Partner (API and payouts at scale for platforms): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/partner/ - Features: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/features/ - Pricing: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/pricing/ - How it works (payout calculator and the full deduction chain, invoice to bank transfer): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/how-it-works/ - Every deduction explained (VAT, fee, insurance, employer's tax, tax card, frikort, utleggstrekk): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/deductions/ - FAQ: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/faq/ - About: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/about/ - Contact: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/contact/ - Security: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/security/ - Developers / API: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/developers/ - Articles: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/ - Roadmap (what we are building, and a public request board): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/roadmap/ ### Guides - How freelance salary and tax are calculated: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/freelance-salary-tax/ - Mileage, diet and expenses (what is tax-free): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/mileage-diet-expenses/ - Company vs salary service: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/company-vs-salary/ - Introduction to VAT in Norway: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/introduction-to-vat/ - Frilanser, employee or self-employed (folketrygdloven § 1-9, and what decides status): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/freelancer-status/ - What it costs to invoice without your own company (fee base, order of deductions): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/what-invoicing-costs/ - Umbrella companies in Norway (why a lønnstjeneste is not umbrella employment): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/umbrella-company-norway/ - Paying foreign freelancers legally in Norway (status, a-melding, assignment register, § 3-30 VAT): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/paying-foreign-freelancers/ - Reverse invoicing for the hiring business (omvendt avgiftsplikt vs omvendt fakturering): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/reverse-invoicing/ - Insurance as a freelancer (folketrygd rights, the day-1-16 and yrkesskade gaps, NAV's voluntary policies): https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/articles/freelancer-insurance/ ### Norwegian ranking pages (locale-less canonicals) These four Norwegian pages are the site's primary organic entry points and are canonical at their locale-less URLs: - Fakturaprogram (free invoicing software, NB): https://www.payoutpartner.com/fakturaprogram/ - Faktura uten firma (salary service, NB): https://www.payoutpartner.com/faktura-uten-firma/ - Faktura som privatperson (NB): https://www.payoutpartner.com/faktura-privatperson/ - Krav til faktura (invoice requirements, NB): https://www.payoutpartner.com/krav-til-faktura/