So what are the benefits?
The mailbox gives you a simple overview of all your taxes for which you are registered as self-employed. These typically include income tax, VAT, road tax, payroll advance tax and withholding tax. In these individual “personal tax accounts”, you can see transactions: what you were supposed to pay based on returns or reconciliations, and what the tax office records as paid. Any interest and penalties are also shown here once assessed. It is therefore a simple way to check that you owe the tax office nothing anywhere.
Another useful function is the document overview, showing communication between you and the tax office. You can look up every ordinary return, statement or reconciliation filed, as well as non-standard requests. On the tax office’s side, you can see, for example, that it sent a decision on your request or assessed taxes based on information you provided, and so on.
DIS also offers a personal tax calendar showing deadlines for fulfilling obligations relating to taxes for which you are registered. And you have me as backup. 🙂
The final function is the information overview held about you by the tax office. Apart from the usual information available in ARES, you can check, for example, whether you have reported all your business bank accounts.
In my view, DIS is a useful tool for checking that your obligations to the tax office are being met properly.
And registration?
Any business owner can apply to view the Tax Information Mailbox using a very simple form. Processing can take 60 days, but access is usually enabled within 14 days. You can provide a phone number in the registration to receive a notification when the mailbox is activated.
Is your DIS set up and working? Simply log in with the same credentials you use for your data mailbox. If you need help, you can use this handy guide or contact me; I will gladly help with everything.
As I mentioned at the start, the Financial Administration is preparing a new DIS+ version for 2021. They promise simplicity, ease of use and greater functionality. I will reveal more in the next article! 🙂
If you are unsure, do not hesitate to get in touch and we can look at it together. 🙂