Investment in Treasury should yield multiple additional tax – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

The tax revenue for the government should within a few years by € 750 million to € 2.5 billion, going up by better collection and control of taxes . The new approach that the Tax entered above, means that 5,000 of the 30,000 tax officials lose their jobs. Before 1,500 new employees come back. The government is investing in the coming years between € 750 million and € 1 billion in the new approach of the tax authorities.

This method already begun. The idea to design a large automated system for the service, has been released by Secretary of State Eric Wiebes of Finance. Instead, since last autumn various systems linked together, allowing information necessary for collection and control are much simpler to bring together.

Link systems

In October was pegged one-quarter of the systems . Now that’s 60%. The traditional handicraft of the tax inspector can thus be largely replaced by automated data analysis.

According to a conservative estimate by the Ministry of Finance , the new method a few years at least € 750 million extra for the state treasury. An external expert who gave an opinion, estimates that the tax revenue to € 2.5 billion increase.

The Tax struggling for years declining revenue rising costs. Wiebe is reportedly convinced that the new approach, which he began in silence, this trend can and must go.

Mathematicians

Since this fall employs about thirty mathematicians and economists of Finance Utrecht at the overall data layer over the various automation and tools to analyze them. This leads to a large increase in productivity. While an experienced inspector tax 33% irregularities takes a stack of files, scores automated analysis of these cases 75%.

The introduction of the new online income tax returns into the new approach. With the introduction of its own domain per taxpayer, mijnbelastingdienst.nl, communication needs to be streamlined. At present, the tax authorities do every day 700,000 letters out the door. 10% of the staff is engaged in recruiting and answer questions that arrive via the Tax Information Line. Of those questions, 80% relates to the process of taxation

Dutch Height

Wiebes, which in February last year VVD party member Frans Weekers succeeded, no official announcement has been launched with the new method. He feared for much else disbelief among the general public but also in politics Hague on the following major reorganization announced at the service.

Spring Memorandum

In the so-called Spring Memorandum 2015, the government set aside an initial sum for the introduction of the new approach. Dan Wiebe is also formally with his plan out. Finance does confirm the expected additional belastingopbrengts and the 5000 features redundant. In the long-term budget on Budget Day is for the years between € 750 million and € 1 billion set aside for the reorganization. In addition to higher tax revenues, this investment should be the cost to the treasury structurally by € 100 million decrease each year.

The 5,000 employees their function losses are inadequately trained for the new way of working. They are not fired but come in a mobility center justified. From there they will be escorted to another job within or outside the government. In the meantime, they can continue to do some of the manual work that remains on the tax authorities.

At the same time the management of the service is reduced from 14 to 5 directors. The current managing director Peter Veld leaves.