It's a mishap that he will remember for a long time. A German, who lives near Hamburg, received 1700 letters from the tax authorities in the same day. An error related to the time change.
This resident of Quickborn had requested access to the online tax portal at the end of October. A request made just before the time change and processed by the IT department between 2 and 3 a.m. on the night of October 26 and 27, 2024. That is exactly during the transition to winter time.
A time loop
The request then fell into a time loop, processed multiple times. Result: this resident received 1700 letters with his new access code. They were left in front of his door in ten yellow boxes.
His first reaction was fear. “At first I was really scaredhe tells the Flensburger Tageblatt reports Le Parisien. Coming from the tax authorities, we don't expect an error. You are more likely to think you made a mistake”. Ultimately, the error really comes from the German tax administration.
The spokesperson for the regional authorities indicated that “the Ministry of Finance contacted the taxpayer and apologized”. He offered the man to collect the mail, but he refused according to the local newspaper. He wants to keep the 1,700 letters to power his wood pellet heating.
