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By: Annika Ketzler
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Every tax office works at different speeds.
A ranking now shows the federal states and cities with the fastest tax offices in 2023. NRW is the winner.
Hamm - In Germany there are more than 600 tax offices in the 16 federal states.
According to
Lohnsteuer-kompakt.de,
over 500 of them process income tax returns.
But not all tax offices work at the same speed.
Last year, taxpayers had to wait longer for their refund in some federal states than in others.
The online portal has created an overview of the processing time by the German tax offices in 2023.
The processing times were collected anonymously based on around 300,000 income tax returns prepared via
Lohnsteuer-kompakt.de
in the last twelve months.
The fastest tax office in Germany is in North Rhine-Westphalia - on average, North Rhine-Westphalia is in third place
In 2023, Brandenburg took first place among the slowest tax offices in Germany - closely followed by Bremen.
The reason for the long waiting time is “the high workload in the tax offices because of the property tax declaration,” explains Felix Bodeewes, managing director of
Lohnsteuer-kompakt.de
.
“Despite the extension of the deadline, many property taxpayers have not submitted their property tax returns, but the high amount of work is still noticeable.”
The situation is different in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia.
In 2023, Rhineland-Palatinate was the federal state with the fastest tax offices.
Hamburg takes second place, closely followed by NRW in third place.
The fastest tax offices broken down by federal state at a glance:
1st place: Rhineland-Palatinate
2nd place: Hamburg
3rd place: North Rhine-Westphalia
4th place: Berlin
5th place: Thuringia
6th place: Saxony-Anhalt
7th place: Hesse
8th place: Schleswig-Holstein
9th place: Bavaria
10th place: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
11th place: Saxony
12th place: Saarland
13th place: Lower Saxony
14th place: Baden-Württemberg
15th place: Bremen
16th place: Brandenburg
The tax offices in Rhineland-Palatinate need an average of 49.97 days to process an income tax return.
Hamburg is in second place with a processing time of 50.01 days.
NRW landed in third place this year with a processing time of 50.06 days.
In Brandenburg, however, it is 68.85 days.
The tax offices work the fastest in these cities
Cities from North Rhine-Westphalia take first and second place among the cities with the fastest tax offices in the ranking.
The Herne tax office had the shortest average processing time in 2023 - namely 29.8 days.
The Olpe tax office comes close behind with a processing time of 31.5 days.
In 2022, the Olpe tax office took first place.
And: North Rhine-Westphalia cities are represented ten times in the top 20 fastest tax offices.
The tax offices in Höxter, Jülich, Brilon, Herford, Arnsberg, Velbert, Cologne-West and Soest also did well in the ranking.
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These are the top ten fastest tax offices in NRW:
1st place: Herne (29.8 days)
2nd place: Olpe (31.5 days)
3rd place: Höxter (35 days)
4th place: Jülich (36.1 days)
5th place: Brilon (36.2 days)
6th place: Herford (36.3 days)
7th place: Arnsberg (37.8 days)
8th place: Velbert (38.4 days)
9th place: Cologne-West (38.5 days)
10th place: Soest (38.5 days)
A lot will change for retirees in 2024.
Anyone retiring will have to pay more taxes.
However, politicians are planning to ease the burden.
Anyone planning to visit a restaurant in January must expect higher costs.
Because: From January 1st, the regular VAT rate of 19 percent will apply again in the catering industry instead of the temporary 7 percent.