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Pre-2021 tax-access grants must be re-requested in Altinn
Representatives acting for others keep existing access — unless it was granted before 1 March 2021, in which case it must be requested again through access packages.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 9 October 2026
Anyone who acts for others in tax matters keeps their existing access under Skatteetaten's re-established Altinn regime — unless that access was granted before 1 March 2021.Skatteetaten Older grants must be requested again.
Skatteetaten The cutoff separates representatives who can carry on unchanged from those who must re-establish their authority through the new access-package system.
The rule concerns private individuals who represent someone else's tax affairs: a guardian (verge) acting for a ward, a family member filing for a relative, or anyone else operating in another person's tax services. Most holders of such access need do nothing. But where the access dates from before 1 March 2021, the representative must ask for it anewSkatteetaten. And where someone else is to act for a person going forward — a guardian is named as the example — access must be delegated afresh
Skatteetaten. Someone who only submits «som deg selv» needs to take no action under this rule; Skatteetaten notes that everyone using its services is affected by the re-establishment in a broader sense.
Access is now granted through tilgangspakker. Since 4 March 2026, a private individual has been able to give another private individual or a business, such as an accountant or auditor, authority to use services on their behalf by delegating the relevant access packages to them.Skatteetaten The packages attach to a resource — a service or form — and control who may use it, replacing the old Altinn roles. Delegations made in current Altinn must generally be made again; the exceptions are roles received through the Entity Register and special accountant and auditor roles, which transfer automatically.
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The cutoff sits inside a fixed phase-out timetable. Since 19 June, Altinn II roles can no longer be delegated to new persons or new services — new access must instead be given with access packages — and on 31 December the Altinn II roles disappear entirelySkatteetaten. Representatives who still rely on old role-based access must therefore have the necessary access packages in place before year end, regardless of when their access was first granted.
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Skatteetaten's forms and services have moved to skatteetaten.no under the new Altinn joint solutions, with a new inbox whose messages mirror Altinn's inbox, and reporting for the 2025 income year is to run in the new services in 2026 within the normal deadlines. Services already modernised, such as the tax return and the VAT return, face no technical changes but are affected by the switch from Altinn roles to access packages.
The access rules follow Skatteetaten's re-established Altinn regime, in which tilgangspakker replace the Altinn II roles that expire on 31 December 2026Skatteetaten.
Check when your access to act for someone else was granted: if it predates 1 March 2021, request it again through tilgangspakker, and make sure all needed access packages are in place before 31 December 2026.