Tax notices: Lower Saxony becomes faster, Bremen stays behind!
Tax notices: Lower Saxony becomes faster, Bremen stays behind!
The tax offices in Lower Saxony changed during the processing time for tax notices during 2024. A study by the Federation of Taxpayers (BDSt) shows that the average processing time for the year of assessment 2023 is now 44.4 days. This means a gratifying decline by almost 10 days compared to 2023, where tax notices still took an average of almost 54 days. Nevertheless, Lower Saxony still has to be satisfied with a place in the rear midfield and bins nationwide ninth place among 16 federal states, such as the Weser-Kurier reported
The numbers vary greatly depending on the region and assessment group. For example, the Osterholz tax office needed an average of 50 days, which represents an improvement of 9 days compared to 2023. Here, the processing times for employees are around 41 days, while pensioners and the self -employed had to wait about 63 days for their decision. The Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt in particular has made progress with an average time of 59 days, which is 18 days faster than in the previous year.
Black sheep: Bremen and Buchholz
In comparison, Bremen has the penultimate place in the ranking with an average processing time of 52.8 days and is therefore well above the average of Lower Saxony. In Bremerhaven, the waiting time is 31 days, whereas Bremen has one of the longest processing times in Germany, only exceeded from Saarland with 53.8 days. In detail, it can be seen that the tax office Braunschweig-Wilhelmstraße has the fastest processing times in Lower Saxony, with only 33 days. On the other hand, the Buchholz tax office in the Nordheide controls the longest processing time in Lower Saxony with 62 days. These differences have to do not only with the work processes, but also with personnel bottlenecks, age exits and corona -related residues.A look at the best places
Who is ahead? Thuringia leads the list with a best processing time of 39.1 days, followed by Saxony-Anhalt (39.7 days) and Hamburg (40.6 days). Overall, the analysis shows that only four federal states exceed the 50-day limit, which indicates general improvements in tax processing.
The changes from 2024 are encouraging, but for many the waiting for the tax assessment remains a test of patience. The taxpayers' federal government has collected this data regularly since 2017, and the tendency shows that most federal states have improved in the processing period, such as the t-online .
The property tax reform has an additional influence on the processing times, and it remains to be seen how the situation will develop in the coming years.
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