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Manfred Elmecker/AUSTRIA
Strategy of Austrian for promoting Tax Compliance through Education International Workshop on Tax Education Best Practises
in the European Union and Latin America
Mexico City, Oct. 2014
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Austria – Facts & Figures
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Ministry of Finance
- 6 Directorates
5 Regional Directorates
- Regionalmanagement and Shared Services (HR, Controlling)
- Nationwide Legal Support Units
- 5 Regions
52 Offices
Federal Academy of Finance
Total number of staff: approx. 11,000 people
Ministry
Wien
Mitte Ost West
Süd Regional Directorate
Tax Offices
Customs Offices
Tax Fraud Investigation Unit
Audit Unit for Large Traders
Federal Academy of Finance
Structure and Organization
Tax Office for
Charges, Transfer
Taxes and Gambling
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Strategic aims
• Revenue Strategy: Ensuring revenues through
strengthening the economic place „Austria“.
• Budget and Economic Policy Strategy: Being
successfull with increase and stability.
• Efficient administration: Reaching the „leader-position“
by innovation.
• Capital Market Strategy: Financial centre Austria - leaving the economic crisis via competitiveness.
• International Positioning: Global Engagement - The international perspective
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Strategy of the MoF
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Revenue Strategy:
Ensuring revenues through strengthening the economic place „Austria“
Improving Tax/Customs Compliance
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Strategy of the MoF
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Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance
launched a new strategy in 2010
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Fair Play
Fair Play should …
• support the cooperation
• sustain tax equality
• protect fair economy
• talk about paying taxes
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• Trust instead of control?
• Self responsibility instead of service?
• Flexibility instead of continuity?
• Just in time instead of quality standards?
• …
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Fair Play
Fair Play should … talk about paying taxes:
Behaviour of tax payers and tax officers have to be changed.
Changing behaviour is a learning process.
Learning is Education and Communication.
Tax payers must be told and taught that they are part of the society and have to make their contribution to society.
Tax officials must be told and taught that they have to convince tax payers of voluntary compliance.
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Educational activities
• Education of the youth (e.g. School visits)
• (Educational) Homepage
• Video-Portal (Web-TV)
• TV-Series
• Press and Publicity Work
• Charta of the Austrian Finance Administration
• “Dialogue events”
• Master Study – Tax Management
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School visits
• Pro active visit’s in schools
• Targetgroup 16 –18 yearsold
• Cooperation with School Administration
• Interactive presentation/discussion by a tax/customs officer (in the classroom)
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School visits - Goals
To explain
• the necessity of paying taxes/customs duties
• costs of a welfare state
• the systematic of taxes/customs duties (functions, etc.)
• FinanzOnline (e-government
tool)
• what will happen, if no one pays taxes/customs duties
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School visits - Goals
To explain
• the tasks of the Fiscal Administration
• the different units/departments within a tax/customs office
• the rights and obligations of a citizen
• where citizen can find relevant information
• how to apply for a job
in the Fiscal Administration
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(Educational) Homepage
• www.finanzvifzack.at (“vifzack” = wise guy, clever-dick)
• E-Learning programs
• Mobile Apps
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TV-Series
www.atv.at/contentset/1281991-die-fahnder-1
• 10 Telecasts á 55 min. (“The Investigators”)
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Press and Publicity Work
Campaigns in Newspapers
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Press and Publicity Work
Press-Conferences
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Press and Publicity Work
Brochures, Folders, etc.
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Press and Publicity Work
Enclosure to each Tax Assessment
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• To build a fair connection between citizens and adminstration
• To present tasks and performances of our administration
• To present duties and responsibilities of the citizens
Charta
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With stakeholders (educational organisations, intermediaries, chamber of commerce, etc.)
Dialogue events
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Master study – Tax Management
• University study
• 4 or 6 Semester
• Cooperation MoF and University for Economics in Vienna
• www.fh-campuswien.ac.at/en/studies/ public_sector/master/tax_management/overview/
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Thank you
for your attention!
For further information please contact:
Dr. Manfred Elmecker
0043/664/6211784
www.bmf.gv.at
AUSTRIA