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> “When the year is over, almost everybody ends up with ‘Oh, it’s correct. I don’t have to pay any more, and I don’t get any money back,’” said Mørkøre. Continuous collection also eliminates the time risk of the government losing out on tax payments if companies go bankrupt before TAKS could cash their checks.

Is this not normal in most of Europe? In Ireland, I've found it's usually only off by a few cent at most, which is then adjusted for in the next calendar year by automatically reducing tax credits appropriately.

parent messe 3 years ago

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