Tuesday, July 14, 2009
心頭大石.二
心頭大石之二,自去年冬天一直擱在 Phil 的書桌上,那張小小的橙色卡紙,寄自德意志稅務局,我眼尾看到它便覺煩,當他仍在長石溪醫院時,我說不如由我去稅局問問,要怎麼處置它? Phil 說不用,等他出院後再去問也不晚。
上星期我們終於扣了稅局的門,偶然地,即興地。一坐下簡單訴說了自己的情況,說去年四月病倒入院後一直未報稅,稅局太太說我們得盡快報了,因為已遲了很多。於是我們箭似的又開車回家,拿好所需與不需的一大堆文件,兩小時後再回到稅局去。
德意志的入息稅 (以及其他稅項,如統一稅、教會稅等等) 是每月出糧前已被政府扣除的,所以問人家每月入息時,要分清 Brutto (扣稅前)與 Netto (扣稅後) ,差額可以很大﹗以前我一直以為稅每月自動被扣除便等如無後顧之休,呈交稅局的 paperwork 大概由公司會計代辦吧?但這次稅局一遊後, Phil 在我一再追問下說其實他十多年來一直也懶得報稅,因為從薪水中自動被扣除的稅項一般也比該付的要多,他知道自己沒有欠稅便是了,不想受報稅文件困擾。我追問那你每年大概多付政府多少?他漫不經心的說︰啊,就一點點吧。一點點即是多少呢?最後他招供說,一年大概多付二三百歐吧。我的心和口不約而同一聲「頂﹗」
終於面對心頭大石,才發現橙色小卡是 2009 年的報稅卡,2008 年的是早已被我存檔 (並忘記) 的黃色那張。再次到稅局時另一位稅局太太說以我們的情況不用急著申報,只要今年之內申報便是了,我去年替 Phil 搬出舊居時僱用過的搬運公司費用,原來也可以扣稅,而因為 Phil 病了那麼久,大概還有入息稅可退﹗
抱著大堆文件再次回到家裡, Phil 竟反常的說要馬上填好報稅表,希望趕在夏天過去前拿到退稅款項去北海旅行。但如我所料,剛填完首頁的個人資料,他又支持不住了,說 paperwork 太累人啦,改天再填吧﹗
又再天馬行空,如果可以拿回過去十幾年多付的稅款便好了﹗可以馬上飛回香港吃個夠﹗
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Benjamin Franklin reportedly said: "There are two certainties in life - Death and taxes."
ReplyDeleteAs much as I hate doing my income tax every year, there is no getting away. I understand how you feel :(
哈哈哈, 大孩子果然是大孩子呢
ReplyDelete你就要著緊一點了
荷蘭tax rate也高, 不過marcel老豆是做會計的, 每年總會左度右度, 令稅局回水, 一百幾十也好
每年交多左二三百..........歐
我記得去年我也只要交500左右hkd tax jar喎
聽老媽說仲退回一些tim
meg
haha...same here. i thot i was "tortured" enough when a big portion of my salary disappeared automatically every time. but the fact is the year-end taxing report is even tougher. i'm glad my husband does all these tedious stuff for me. otherwise i think i've already burnt the government tax building long time ago.
ReplyDeleteI read some of your diary non stop, you have strong will and kind heart to stay with your belove. May God Bless you.
ReplyDeleteJessica
Haricot, meg, lululu, I wish I could finish the bloody forms for him... it's a pain to go through them but an even bigger pain to see him filling them out / dragging on! X_x
ReplyDeleteJessica, welcome & thank you! :D We have indeed been very blessed, despite all my complaints!