The Skattemyndighederne tax authorities have written off 5.8 billion kroner from the bills of nearly half a million people in Denmark, reports Politiken. Some 485,000 have benefited from a move that was approved by Parliament.
Many are believed to be benefit recipients, early retirement pensioners and people on early retirement, and most were informed in mid-December.
Skattemyndighederne initiated the move as part of its plans to get public debt recovery back on track, which has been hit by data problems in recent years, leading to the termination of the EFI digital recovery system in 2015.
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