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Re:Most Danish voters oppose government plans to cut the top... by toomanybeersies on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:29PM (#12492781)
I'm not sure why they don't do that in New Zealand, the numbers are all provided, you just have to type them in.

Perhaps it's a privacy thing?

One of the advantages is that you can check if you're owing money before filing a Personal Tax Summary (they have a tool to check if you'd owe money or be paid money), and you don't have to file for one if you owe money, and as long as it's less than a certain amount ($500?) then they don't care.

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Re:Most Danish voters oppose government plans to cut the top... by vidarh on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @05:23AM (#12495192)
My guess is it's just a matter of slowly changing policy. In Norway it went paper return => online return => online summary that you had to confirm => summary that you only needed to act on if you had corrections. That process took many years, I'm assuming as they wanted to iron out any issues with one step before taking the next.
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