“We want to be one of the best tax administrations,” said in an , just a few months after having been appointed director of the Luxembourg Inland RevenueAdministration des contributions directes, ACD). Olinger, a former director of the Union des Entreprises Luxembourgeoises and the Institut National pour le Développement Durable et la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises, on 16 January presented the first changes alongside finance minister (CSV).
“We are in the process of undertaking a major transformation to simplify our procedures, make things easier for taxpayers and facilitate their interaction with our services. We are going to speed up the digitisation process so that we can process simple cases more quickly and complex cases more effectively,” commented Olinger.
The minister added, “The transformation of the Luxembourg Inland Revenue is not an end in itself. As with tax relief, the aim must be to serve taxpayers better and relieve them of administrative burdens by exploiting the potential of new technologies. The pre-filled tax declarations made available to citizens on a voluntary basis are fully in line with this approach of simplifying administration in the interests of citizens.”
In addition to the tax cuts already announced by the government for 2024 and 2025, the Olinger and Roth announced:
- A new tax calculator on the finance ministry’s website, also accessible via the link . The idea is to enable citizens to compare their tax situation in 2024 with that in 2025, in the context of the adjustment of the personal income tax scale by four index brackets on1 January 2024 and the entry into force of the “Entlaaschtungs-Pak,” with an additional neutralisation of 2.5 index brackets on 1 January 2025.
- The Luxembourg Inland Revenue , an innovative service for rapid handling and optimised follow-up of taxpayers’ requests, which will be fully rolled out before the summer.
- The ACD is also continuing to improve its MyGuichet electronic assistant to encourage more taxpayers to submit their tax returns online. The aim is to reach 85% of tax returns filed electronically.
- Finally, March will see the launch of the simple tax return for individuals, which will be pre-filled by the administration in compliance with the applicable data protection rules. This will initially be for around 20,000 households with only salary or pension income and no special deductions, before being extended to 100,000 tax returns in 2028.
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