Poles have been able to settle their taxes electronically since 2008. Over these several years, the number of people filing, for example, PIT-37 in this way has reached approximately a dozen or so percent of all tax returns. Today, in an age of complete computerization, settling one’s annual income should not be anything unusual or uncommon. Here are several reasons why it is worth filing PIT-37 and other returns online.
Saving time
Taxpayers who have already made their first attempts to file a PIT return electronically say that they have saved a great deal of time this way. Sending a tax return to the Tax Office over the internet primarily means avoiding all the queues that can be found every year at all Tax Office branches. When completing a PIT return online, there is no need to go to the tax authority, which also helps save some of one’s valuable free time.
Security
This method of settling taxes is 100% safe, and there is no fear that our data will fall into the wrong hands. To file a PIT return online, the tax return must be authorized, which guarantees that the document we submit is completely secure. It is worth remembering that filing a PIT return online does not require a special electronic signature.
Easy to use
The system in which taxpayers file their tax returns is extremely easy to use. Everything has been designed so that everyone can find their way through the individual stages of completing a return. The electronic PIT filing system is very intuitive and user-friendly, so no one should have any major problems operating it.
A lightning-fast process
Filing PIT-37 online means that it reaches the appropriate Tax Office in the blink of an eye. This is definitely a faster way to settle one’s taxes than, for example, sending the form by traditional mail. Filing one’s income tax return online is also a considerable convenience for Tax Office employees themselves, as they do not have to perform additional “paperwork”.
Why are Poles so slow to embrace e-PIT returns?
There are at least several reasons. There is still a lack of trust in this type of technological innovation in the country. A personal visit to the Tax Office seems more reliable and safer to most of us. In addition, many people are afraid of computer systems and are not sure whether they will be able to operate them.