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In Sweden, the government does the work for most normal cases. They send you a suggestion of “this is all we know about” and you just say “yeah, seems right” vi

by jib 7y ago

In Sweden, the government does the work for most normal cases. They send you a suggestion of “this is all we know about” and you just say “yeah, seems right” via SMS. In Ireland you don’t do anything in the usual case, unless you think it’s wrong, everything is taxed at source by the employers/banks. Both cases different if you’re a company ofc.

giovannibonetti 7y ago
It seems a bit naive of the government to reveal to you your income sources they know about. If you have any hidden ones you can confidently not report them and pay less taxes than you would otherwise.
- spejs 7y ago
  Not really. Everyone is aware of what is automatically reported to the tax authorities.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  I assume this would still be a crime, and you'd be held responsible for lying on the past forms in discovered. The only difference is, this is optimized for making the common case easier - the case of typical income of regular, honest individuals.
- kristiandupont 7y ago
  It's the same in Denmark and it feels right to me. It's not like they are doing detective work (per default). If you have a concealed source of income, I'd expect them not to know about it. Of course, you'd still be breaking the law by not reporting it and it could turn up if they notice something that doesn't add up somewhere.
- samsari 7y ago
  Until you're selected for a random audit and quickly get charged with tax fraud.
  - wolco 7y ago
    They only know what they sent you. So an audit wouldn't turn up new information just force you to prove existing information.
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- yxhuvud 7y ago
  Do note that it the responsibility of the employer to report who is employed, so if anything is missing, then it will generally be the company that is the one in the wrong. Especially as the company also pay employer fees for employees, so it would be a flagrant case for the tax agency anyhow.
gjvnq 7y ago
Brazil has started offering pre filled income tax declarations. However, they require a digital certificate to download (probably for privacy reasons) and I don't have one so I couldn't test it.

by jib 7y ago

giovannibonetti 7y ago

It seems a bit naive of the government to reveal to you your income sources they know about. If you have any hidden ones you can confidently not report them and pay less taxes than you would otherwise.

spejs 7y ago
Not really. Everyone is aware of what is automatically reported to the tax authorities.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
I assume this would still be a crime, and you'd be held responsible for lying on the past forms in discovered. The only difference is, this is optimized for making the common case easier - the case of typical income of regular, honest individuals.
kristiandupont 7y ago
It's the same in Denmark and it feels right to me. It's not like they are doing detective work (per default). If you have a concealed source of income, I'd expect them not to know about it. Of course, you'd still be breaking the law by not reporting it and it could turn up if they notice something that doesn't add up somewhere.
samsari 7y ago
Until you're selected for a random audit and quickly get charged with tax fraud.
- wolco 7y ago
  They only know what they sent you. So an audit wouldn't turn up new information just force you to prove existing information.
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yxhuvud 7y ago
Do note that it the responsibility of the employer to report who is employed, so if anything is missing, then it will generally be the company that is the one in the wrong. Especially as the company also pay employer fees for employees, so it would be a flagrant case for the tax agency anyhow.

gjvnq 7y ago

Brazil has started offering pre filled income tax declarations. However, they require a digital certificate to download (probably for privacy reasons) and I don't have one so I couldn't test it.