STUTTGART, Germany — German tax collectors are trying to gather personal information about U.S. military personnel to build tax-liability cases against troops, and U.S. European Command appears to be OK with that, service members and Defense Department civilians have said.
Among the information members of the large American military community in Germany have been asked to provide to German tax officials are detailed job histories, real estate holdings and names of associates.
A questionnaire sent out by the Landstuhl-Kusel tax office, which covers an area near Ramstein Air Base, asked about property owned by service members at home or abroad, and who lives in it; if their children ever attended a German school, travel dates to Germany over the years, and whether and when a couple lived in a foreign country. The questionnaire, which was provided to Stars and Stripes by a military family who received it, seeks the kind of personal information service members are urged in military training to safeguard.
Asked whether personnel should answer the questions, EUCOM declined to answer, saying only that those affected should consult an attorney.
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