It's April 15, which means that many, many unfortunate folks will be standing in line at the Post Office. Is there a better way (aside from procrastinating)? If you live in Sweden there is:
Open a new text message, enter your Social Security number and a security code sent to you by mail, and zip it off to the Department of the Treasury. Your income taxes are now filed.
Sound like a dream? It's not.
This is how lots of Swedish people will file their income taxes in May, as they have for the last five years.
Sound like a dream? It's not.
This is how lots of Swedish people will file their income taxes in May, as they have for the last five years.
And they even have a short code!
Taxpayers can only sign their forms via text (the number's 71144) if they accept all the Skatteverket's calculations and if--to the great joy of the agency--they renounce all deductions. (Most Swedish taxpayers make few deductions, however, as the rules on deductions are quite restrictive. The most common deduction would be commuting costs, and it can only be made if the cheapest possible way to reach the workplace exceeds $1,000 per year.)
Read the entire article @ cnet.
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