Taxes: Do citizens trust a pre-filled tax return?
Hesse has significantly expanded its pilot project "Your tax: The tax office does it for you now". It also makes the work easier for the authorities - but many citizens are sceptical.
In a pilot project, 212,000 Hessian citizens received a pre-filled tax return from the tax office this spring. However, 49.5% of them rejected the proposal and submitted their own tax return, while 41.4% agreed to the procedure. The project, which was expanded to all of Hesse this year, aims to simplify tax filing, but experts say that taxpayers are skeptical about the tax office's proposal.
The results show that citizens in different districts had varying levels of acceptance, with Kassel having the highest approval rating.
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