State Secretary of Finance Gisela Splett and Chief Finance President Bernd Kraft have presented the 2024 tax administration balance sheet.

The key findings are:

• The so-called processing times for income tax returns have fallen to an average of 50 days. In 2023, it was still 63 days. The auto-case rate has risen to almost 16 percent. This refers to the proportion of returns processed purely automatically
  
• Tax offices processed almost 4.7 million income tax returns. A new record
  
• In total, the country collected over 96 billion in taxes last year. The largest share of this was wage tax
  
• The Special Unit for Tax Supervision (SES) recorded a record result of 38.8 million euros. The special unit takes targeted action against tax fraud
  
• In total, the tax investigators were able to achieve an additional result of 366 million euros
  

State Secretary of Finance Gisela Splett: "The tax administration is a very well-functioning part of the public administration. This can be seen, among other things, in the faster processing times. Our administration is also characterized by consistent action against tax fraud. We will strengthen this even further with our new interdepartmental investigation unit to combat money laundering and tax evasion."

Chief Finance President Bernd Kraft: "The employees of the tax offices have done a great job over the past year. I am very pleased that the measures we have taken are having an effect and that we have been able to significantly increase case processing in particular. Our employees have achieved this alongside additional intensified work such as the ' Tax goes to school' project."