# PayoutPartner

> Invoicing and payment platform for freelancers in Norway.

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PayoutPartner enables freelancers to invoice clients and get paid — with or without a registered company.

## Two Services

### Invoice Without a Company (Salary Service)
- 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
- Mileage, diet (per diem) and documented expenses are reimbursed with the correct tax treatment: tax-free within Skatteetaten limits, with any excess taxed as salary
- Tax-free limits: mileage up to 3.50 kr/km; diet 200 kr (6–12 h) or 400 kr (over 12 h); documented expenses (utlegg) reimbursed in full against receipts

## How the Salary Calculation Works
For a 100,000 kr work invoice (excl. VAT), using a standard 25% tax card as an example:
- Administration fee (4.9%): −4,900 kr
- Employer's tax / arbeidsgiveravgift (14.1% of gross salary): −11,752 kr
- Gross salary: 83,348 kr
- Income tax (example, 25% tax card; actual rate depends on the individual): −20,837 kr
- Net salary paid to the freelancer: approx. 62,511 kr
VAT (MVA) is added on top of the invoice and paid by the client, then passed to the state; it never reduces the freelancer's salary. The standard VAT rate is 25%, but the correct rate depends on the type of work — some work is reduced-rate or VAT-exempt.

The order of deductions is fixed and changes the result: the fee comes off the invoice excluding VAT; a client-arranged insurance premium (a price per hour worked, not a percentage, and absent on most assignments) comes off next; employer's tax is then backed OUT of what remains rather than added on top (aga = pot / 1.141 * 0.141), so gross salary is the pot divided by 1.141. Only then does the tax card apply. Withholding is rounded to the nearest whole krone per invoice line.
Frilansere do not accrue holiday pay (feriepenger): none is deducted and none is set aside. Full worked figures and an interactive calculator: https://www.payoutpartner.com/no/en/how-it-works/

### Free Invoicing Software (For Companies)
- Free invoicing software for freelancers with an ENK or AS
- Completely free — no fees, no limits
- PDF and EHF invoice formats
- All legally required fields included
- Multi-client management and payment tracking

## 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)

## Who Uses PayoutPartner
- Freelance translators, consultants, tutors, 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

## Website Pages
- Home: 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/

### 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/

## Developer API
PayoutPartner offers a REST API (Partner API v2) for platforms and marketplaces that pay many freelancers. It onboards freelancers, creates payouts, and handles invoicing, tax, and Norwegian payroll compliance on the partner's behalf. API access is granted to partner accounts on request.
- API documentation (Swagger): https://api.payoutpartner.com/api-docs
- Bookify — open-source reference app (live demo): https://bookify.app
- Bookify source code (MIT): https://github.com/Skiwo/bookify-app

## 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/

## Contact
- Website: https://www.payoutpartner.com
- Application: https://app.payoutpartner.com
- Support: support@payoutpartner.com
- Sales: sales@payoutpartner.com
- Privacy: privacy@payoutpartner.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/payoutpartner

## Company
Operated by Payout Partner AS (org. no. 922 810 699), Pilestredet 17, 0164 Oslo, Norway.