Tax Simplification and Tax Equity

Judgement on the complexity of the tax system in Germany and the
necessity of a tax reform. Expected changes in a tax simplification.
Preference for a tax system. Topics: figures on wage or income tax;
extent of work with filing the income tax return; duration of work with
personal income tax return; judgement on the complexity of the tax
system in Germany; necessity of a tax reform; expectation of increased
tax equity or injustice through a tax simplification; associations with
the term ´tax simplification´; personal willingness to make sacrifices
in the form of relinquishing tax benefits for the goal of a tax
simplification; preference for a tax system with low income tax rates
and few tax benefits or for the opposite system; attitude to increased
flat rates (instead of proof for individual deductions) for tax
simplification; accepted reduction of selected privileges and selected
flat rates for tax simplification; acceptance of a petroleum tax
increase for the sake of elimination of motor vehicle taxes; attitude
to a simplified tax return through elimination of proof for individual
deductions for the sake of increased standard deduction; attitude to
filing tax returns every two years; self-classification of personal
economic situation; party preference (Sunday question); union
membership; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament
election; residential status.