Tax strike

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A tax strike is the refusal of taxpayers to pay the taxes imposed by the state under threat of punishment . The refusal to pay the tax serves as a means of enforcing a cause against the state. In contrast to normal tax evasion , it takes place in public and does not primarily, but at least not exclusively, protect one's own personal assets and income from taxation.

Tax strikes are illegal and thus represent a form of civil disobedience . They occur very rarely in practice, also because the state authorities can react with exemplary lawsuits and severe penalties against individual tax strikers and, on the other hand, because mobilizing many citizens is difficult for these reasons . Public calls for a tax strike can also be punished by the initiators as inciting a breach of the law or criminal acts.

Attempted tax strikes

On January 7, 2003, the Venezuelan opposition began a tax strike with the backing of a significant part of the country's middle and upper classes. The tax strike was intended to remove sources of money from the government and thus, together with a five-week general strike, force President Hugo Chavez to resign. However, the goal was not achieved. Many observers did not consider a tax strike in Venezuela to be very promising, as tax evasion was very widespread anyway.

In March 2014, an Austrian tobacconist went on a tax strike and demanded a. a committee of inquiry into the Causa Hypo Alpe Adria , a wage and income tax reform and an administrative and educational reform.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See, for example, § 370 Tax Code of the Federal Republic of Germany
2. ↑ Tobacconist on tax strike: "It is high time to revolt" diepresse.com
3. ↑ Salzburger Trafikant goes on tax strike derstandard.at, accessed on April 10, 2014