Major reorganization Tax: 5,000 jobs gone – nrc.nl

The Tax Administration in the coming years 5,000 job cuts. Photo ANP / Roos Koole

Economy

At the Tax disappear the next time 4,000 to 5,000 jobs as a result of a large-scale reorganization. This measure is necessary because many new computer calculations and checks can take over, as confirmed a spokesman for the Treasury this afternoon to news agency ANP. The Tax Administration employs some 28,000 people.

The people who are losing their jobs in the reorganization otherwise not unemployed. They either get another job at the Treasury, or elsewhere within the government. Compulsory redundancies will be excluded. In addition, the tax authorities will adopt in the coming year 1500, additional people for specialized work.

A ‘major challenge’

The workers who lose their jobs need within three to five years for another job find. Also leave five of the current 14 directors in the reorganization, where the NIS already reported earlier this afternoon. Director General Peter Field, the highest official in charge at the Treasury announced today announced his departure. Field writes, according to the broadcaster to the staff that the tax years to a “major challenge” ahead. He says:

“In such a multi-year effort also includes a Director General for Tax Administration as figurehead.”

With the advent of new computer systems will work with the tax authorities look more like data analysis, so the service will itself. Before that far fewer people are needed. The new method delivers according to the sources of the NIS in addition exact tax assessments and lead to less tax evasion.

Unions still know nothing

According to trade union FNV the staff is not officially over reorganization informed. Mieke van Vliet, director of FNV Government, has so far “only rumors” but fears that the news is true. She says:

“Disgraceful that the top of the Tax apparently already been informed but the employees and the unions yet. This does not demonstrate good employment “

Van Vliet suspect the reorganization again especially will hit the lowest paid employees of the Tax Administration:

“They have already been declared surplus. And now there were 5,000 of them are put down in a separate work organization, officially to guide them to other jobs. Experience shows that such construction is the gateway for unemployment “

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