Overview

• The Bavarian SPD proposed a pilot in which selected taxpayers receive prefilled income-tax assessment proposals prepared by the tax office.
• Under the concept, the assessment would take effect shortly after delivery if recipients raise no objections within a brief period.
• The party named Nuremberg as the model region and formally urged Finance Minister Albert Füracker to evaluate its suitability in a letter from local SPD chair Nasser Ahmed.
• Hesse’s ongoing pilot around Kassel, covering roughly 6,000 taxpayers, serves as the template cited for the Bavarian effort.
• The SPD says the service would reduce paperwork, cut errors and speed notices, and it also floats later exempting some pensioners from filing obligations, though no Bavaria-wide rollout is approved.