No, according to an analysis by the consulting firm Deloitte carried out in 34 nations. In Spain is where more boxes are filled in the declaration, which includes more than seven hundred different fields. The opposite case is China, with only twenty. The average to complete it ranges between one and two hours, although it can reach five. In Austria, Russia, South Korea, India, Italy, the Czech Republic or Switzerland, the collaboration of an expert is usually necessary to complete it.
In Holland and the United Kingdom it is individual; each person has to do theirs, be they single or married, while in Spain, Ireland, Poland or Brazil it can be joint. Sometimes you have to do more than one a year. In South Korea, a taxpayer, depending on their situation, may have to declare to the treasury up to five times. In the United States, Japan and Canada, a regional declaration must be completed; in Switzerland, one federal and one cantonal. Self-employed workers in Portugal make an additional one.
Today more and more States require taxpayers to submit it through an electronic procedure (in Spain it was implemented in 2016), but in more than half the documentation is still received by ordinary mail.
Deductions and terms
The chapter on tax deductions is the most varied, and ranges from home renovations to membership in a professional association. Slovakia, Australia and Chile do not include a tax relief .
And if it is presented after the deadline, the normal thing is that a sanction is applied (Spain, France or the United Kingdom). In Germany it can be done with a justification, and in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland it is possible to request an extension of the term.
