Quantifying just how much time is wasted on paperwork
If you’ve ever wondered just how much of your life slips away while you slog through tax and other government paperwork, spare a thought for our neighbours across the Pacific: the U.S. government has released a report indicating Americans spent 10 billion hours filling in government forms last year. That’s up ten-fold from the turn of the century. And equal to 30+ hours per person per year. The couple of expat Americans on the Customer Underground team can attest to that from personal experience too. How many hours do you think you spend on government paperwork each year? The story is here.
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Crikey! It's the curse of
Crikey! It's the curse of modern life. This is a massive opportunity for the government or entrenpeneurs to solve this problem.
The tax office has made things better with electronic filing of the annual return. GST is still a pain in the butt though.
I'm waiting for the report to come out about how many hours people waste on Facebook and filling in comments on Customer Underground :)
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