The German Taxpayers Federation (german: Bund der Steuerzahler e. V. (BdSt)) is an association established in 1949 by Karl Bräuer. Its main aims are the reduction of

taxation A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal person, legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regiona ...

and

public spending Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments. In national income accounting, the acquisition by governments of goods and services for current use, to directly satisfy the individual o ...

, as well as the reduction of

bureaucracy The term bureaucracy () refers to a body of non-elected governing officials as well as to an administrative policy-making group. Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected offi ...

and

public debt A country's gross government debt (also called public debt, or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. A deficit oc ...

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Website des Bundes der Steuerzahler
Conservatism in Germany Taxation in Germany Taxpayer groups Think tanks based in Germany Organizations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Germany Liberalism in Germany {{Germany-stub