700,000 Norwegians opened not even tax returns this year. There they can be punished for. Professor Ole Gjems Onstad BI believes politicians put too much responsibility on the individual taxpayer’s shoulders, writes Dagens Næringsliv.
– The “old” days gave the opinion that the individual was responsible for tax return since it built on a manual reporting. Now the authorities are only weakly dependent on information from the taxpayer. The overwhelming majority of Norwegians pay tax on the basis of data sent electronically to the IRS by employers and others, he writes in an article in the newspaper.
BI professor thinks the tax system is so complicated that one can not expect that ordinary taxpayers should understand in detail most of the figures reported to the authorities. Today’s common surtax of 30 percent for errors and omissions in their tax returns, and Gjems Onstad believes it is wrong to automatically punish the individual taxpayer.
– Today the system so that you can get additional tax without you can be blamed for anything. Additional tax is given mechanically assume that the information in the tax return is incorrect. There should be a manual review of them provided additional tax. Then you can at least prove your innocence, although there are limits on the excuses that are accepted as well, he points out.
Secretary of State Jørgen Næsje Ministry of Finance says to DN taxpayer due process is important for the government, and that it not something automatic that one gets additional tax when there is a third party who has provided false information, or provided information too late.
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