Tax morale : The money values of Exaggeration

the message must be increased to the Federal Minister of Finance, the tears of joy in the eyes of The German and paying taxes. In hardly any other country in the acceptance of the tax system is so high, recently reported the Basel Institute of Commons and Economics. The Institute had asked if the citizens would have to spend for the great objectives of humanity – health, education, clean water, eco – tax money. Most of the respondents from Germany, find the right. On the other hand: Who is against clean water, education, the environment? And: The citizens have not been asked whether they want to pay more taxes.
The Federal government, the taxpayer questioned the citizens, similarly to the control system. Although the Germans accept in its surveys, that they should contribute according to their efficiency to the common good. However, periodically, the overwhelming majority complains that the government use the tax money to good use. Waste, indifference, and occasionally even gross incompetence in dealing with public money, denounces the Federal court of auditors annually. It won't change.

The state should give people money back

The public awareness in Germany is not much bigger than somewhere else. Controls and penalties are just a lot sharper. The case of the previous post, the heads of Klaus Zumwinkel to the purchase of tax CDs by the financial authorities, and the prison sentence for football Manager Uli Hoeness also have the last tax avoiders understand that the loopholes are smaller and the penalties tougher. This is only right. Not to be confused only: acceptance with consent, is pretty bold. So people like to pay taxes, the state with the money raised actually to the benefit of everyone. If he has more income than he needs to accomplish its tasks, he must give the citizens back the money. The German tax state is far from that. In this respect, the message that the Germans were convinced the taxpayer is, admittedly, pretty. But it is greatly exaggerated.

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