revenue service

And but I don't really like to write stuff.

some things to the Finanzamt what we call it in Germany so basically what we did is like have a Simons Lab is on paper it's a brand of intent but I'm managing that part that brand all to myself so I can do whatever I want and basically don't have to care about like all the background stuff and like I'm using the resources so um, basically intent is kind of my fulfillment partner when we, when we can talk about it like that.

And, uh, I can use the dino and I have like the, the connections to the people that are manufacturing, manufacturing our stuff.

Um, but I'm still like, I'm doing all this, this stuff myself.

And he's largely credited for building this extraordinary system.

Then Bain & Company came in and without consulting, these layers of dedicated people who had built up this revenue service over years, they completely and utterly shattered it and changed the structure.

And what they did, it became quite simple eventually.

SARS was structured in such a way that one taxpayer could be seen from a holistic point of view.

Former President Mbeki has often described the attempt to capture and seize SARS as treasonous.

There can be no country without its revenue.

And if the revenue service is seized for another purpose, for a private purpose, other than serving and building the country.

That is a form of treason.

But because of this thing where they happen now, let's just make allowance and let's just do it like this.

So, as a desk officer in Her Majesty's Revenue Service, administering people's allowances and their entitlements and things like that, we had SOPs that were made in London.

And of course, these people had the best of intentions.

You know, you're in the UK, you're moving towards paperless office and, you know, organizational flow, organizational chart, organizational hierarchy, things are supposed to flow a certain way.

According to MoneyWeb, one taxpayer was given an instruction to settle an outstanding bill of just one cent within 10 business days.

The Revenue Service has admitted it was a mistake.

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You have no business lumping them up with taxes left, right, and center.

Let those guys deal with indirect taxes, whether it is VAT, excise the, and all the rest, and let it be that that is where the Revenue Authority interacts with them.

But that can be another discussion on Ndiru, uh, on tax design and tax policy.

Listen to me.

A government agency will never insist you urgently transfer a debt to a foreign account, buy a gift card, or install a remote access program.

If in doubt, call your Finanzamt on a number taken from the official website.

A new study has emerged in the meantime on the outlook for future pensions.

According to it, 62% of working Austrians doubt they will be able to maintain their current standard of living once they retire.