Tax return

Your tax return is due and you have all sorts of questions? You can find relevant advisory services, points of contact and information here. You can also find out about tax allowances or other tax relief options which you might be able to benefit from.

Services in Tax return

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Allowance for care and education or training needs
In addition to the allowance for the material minimum subsistence level of a child (so-called child allowance), an additional allowance for care and education or training needs i...
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Apply for a business identification number (W-IdNr.)
If you start a business activity, you will be given a business identification number (W-IdNr.).
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Apply for a certificate for income tax deduction
The tax office can issue a certificate for wage tax deduction if it is not possible to retrieve the electronic wage tax deduction details (ELStAM).
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Apply for a change of tax class for single parents
As a single parent with at least one child in the household who is entitled to child allowance or child benefit, you can apply for the tax relief amount for single parents and thus for tax class 2.
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Apply for assessment for limited taxpayers
If you are subject to limited tax liability, you can apply for an assessment for income tax or corporation tax under certain conditions.
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Apply for certification of pension and basic pension contracts ("Riester" or "Rürup")
If you wish to sell tax-incentivized retirement provision or basic pension contracts, you must first apply for certification and receive approval from the certification body - the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt).
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Apply for participation in the control reporting procedure for relief from withholding tax
If you owe remuneration for the transfer of rights or certain investment income, you can submit an application for authorization to apply the control reporting procedure in order to be able to refrain from withholding tax in whole or in part under certain conditions.
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Apply for relief from electricity tax for companies
If you have withdrawn taxed electricity for business purposes, you can claim relief under certain conditions. You must apply for this at your local main customs office.
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Applying for a change of tax class during marriage or civil partnership
Would you like to switch to a different tax class? Then please note the conditions for such a change.
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Approve the adjustment of advance tax payments
What should I do if the advance payments for income tax determined by the tax office are too high or too low?
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Calculate and pay energy tax
If you handle energy products such as petrol or heating oil, you must pay energy tax. To do this, you submit a tax return to the relevant main customs office in which you calculate the tax yourself. This is known as a tax declaration.
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Change electronic income tax deduction features after the death of a spouse
If your spouse or civil partner dies, you will generally be placed in tax class III in the year of death and the following year.
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Change electronic income tax deduction features on marriage
If you do not wish to retain the tax class combination IV/IV automatically assigned to you on marriage, you and your spouse can apply for a tax class change at your local tax office (see further information).
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Change electronic income tax deduction features when joining a church
To join or re-join a tax-collecting religious community, you must first submit a declaration to the religious community.
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Change electronic income tax deduction features when leaving the church
To leave a tax-collecting religious community, contact the office responsible for you. There are different regulations depending on the federal state and religious community.
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Change electronic income tax deduction features when resuming a partnership or marriage
If you are no longer permanently separated from your spouse/partner, you are again entitled to the tax class combination III/V, IV/IV or IV/IV with factor.
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Change electronic wage tax deduction features on separation
If you are permanently separated from your spouse/partner, the family-friendly tax class combination (III/V; IV/IV; IV/IV with factor) can no longer be taken into account in the year following the separation.
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Changing electronic income tax deduction characteristics for multiple employers
If you are employed by several employers side by side, you can decide for yourself which employer should retrieve the family-friendly electronic payroll tax deduction characteristics.
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Childcare costs - tax consideration
Childcare costs can be deducted as special expenses. Expenses for the care of a child belonging to your household who has not yet reached the age of 14 or who is unable to...
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Church tax
Anyone who is a member of a religious community that levies church tax is liable to pay church tax.
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Comply with obligations to cooperate under the Tax Haven Defense Act
If you as an individual or your company have business relationships or shareholdings relating to a non-cooperative tax jurisdiction, you must provide certain information to the tax office and, if applicable, the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt).
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Declaration of waiver of certification of old-age provision and basic pension contracts ("Riester" or "Rürup")
If you wish to waive certification of an old-age provision or basic pension contract for the future, you can declare a corresponding waiver.
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Display changes to certified retirement provision or basic pension contracts
If you, as the provider of a certified old-age provision or basic pension contract, wish to obtain or notify changes, you must notify them in advance.
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Donation receipt (donation receipt)
Under certain conditions, donations can be taken into account in the context of income, corporation or trade taxation.
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Double taxation agreement Certificate of residence
A certificate of residence may be required for submission to a foreign tax authority if you as a taxpayer earn foreign income from a country with which an agreement to avoid double taxation (DTA) exists.
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Electronic income tax deduction characteristics change of address and personal data
If your address or personal data changes, you must communicate the changed data.
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Electronic income tax deduction characteristics change tax class VI for further employment
Wages from all other employment relationships are taxed according to tax class VI.
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Electronic wage tax deduction features (ELStAM)
ELStAM stands for Elektronische LohnSteuerAbzugsMerkmale. These are the individual tax characteristics that the employer needs to carry out the wage tax deduction and which were...
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Employee savings allowance
Here you can find out more about the state savings allowance for employees.
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Enter the amount of electricity in your tax return and calculate the electricity tax yourself
If you have to pay electricity tax, you submit a tax return to the relevant main customs office in which you calculate the tax yourself. This is known as a tax declaration.
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Extend tax return deadline
You do not manage to submit the tax return on time? Then you have the opportunity to apply for an extension of the submission deadline at the responsible tax office.
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Final subsidy statement from the Artists' Social Security Fund
Grants that you receive from the Artists' Social Security Fund are finally settled in the following year.
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gift tax received
- Gift tax assessment
- Taxable transactions
- Taxable acquisition as the basis for taxation (gift)
- Material tax exemptions
- Personal tax allowances and tax classes
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Household-related employment relationships and services - tax consideration
You can deduct the costs of the following services from your tax bill: Household-related employment household-related services Nursing and care services Use of handyman...
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Income tax
Income tax is a tax levied on the income of natural persons.
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Inheritance tax assessment
This entry provides you with information on the activities of the Inheritance Tax Office after you have submitted your inheritance tax/replacement inheritance tax return.
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Insert a blocking note on religious affiliation
If you do not want your religious affiliation to be checked, you can make a blocking note. The blocking note obliges you to submit a tax return in order to pay any church tax on capital gains tax yourself.
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Lock or unlock electronic wage tax deduction features for employees
You can have your income tax deduction details (tax class, child allowances) blocked by notifying your tax office. Your employer will then tax your wages according to tax class VI.
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Notify the Artists' Social Security Fund of the change in personal data
If your personal data changes, you must inform the Künstlersozialkasse. You should also inform the Künstlersozialkasse if your contact details change or expand.
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Notify the artists' social security fund of your stay abroad
If you stay or work abroad for a longer period of time, this may affect your German social insurance. You must notify the Künstlersozialkasse of any change in your situation in good time.
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Receive relief from German tax deduction in accordance with § 50c EStG
If you would like to receive relief from German withholding tax, you can submit an application under certain conditions.
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Reimbursement of overpaid pension insurance contributions by the artists' social security fund
If you pay too much into your pension insurance, you will receive a refund.
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Relief amount for single parents
The so-called relief amount for single parents is taken into account in the income tax assessment when determining the total amount of income by deducting it from the total incom...
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Request a tax office certificate from the artists' social security fund
If you are subject to compulsory insurance or entitled to subsidies via the Artists' Social Security Fund, you will receive proof of the tax-deductible contributions and subsidies for each year.
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Request an annual statement from the artists' social security fund
If you are subject to compulsory insurance or entitled to a subsidy via the artists' social security fund, you will receive proof of your insurance for each year.
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Request tax identification number (IdNr) or church tax deduction feature (KiStAM)
If your company is obliged to deduct church tax, you can submit a request for the church tax deduction feature for your company.
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Show bank details to the tax authority for the first time
You can have state benefits paid out to you unbureaucratically, directly and securely against misuse if the Federal Tax Office (BZSt) has your account details.
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Show first-time provision of cross-border services in regulated professions
Before taking up a temporary, occasional service in a profession regulated under the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (GewO) for which proof of expertise or training i...
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Tax allowances for carers
Here you can find out how care expenses are already taken into account when deducting income tax.
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Tax allowances for children over the age of 18
Here you can find out how your adult children are taken into account when deducting income tax.
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Tax allowances for children under the age of 18
Your children under the age of 18 are automatically taken into account when deducting income tax.
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Tax allowances for people with disabilities
Here you can find out how lump sums for disabled people are taken into account when deducting income tax.
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Tax allowances for surviving dependants
Here you can find out how the lump sum for surviving dependants is taken into account when deducting income tax.
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Tax deduction for construction services Apply for exemption
Here you can find out how you can be exempted from the construction withholding tax.
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Tax deduction for construction services Offsetting
Here you can find out how the construction withholding tax is offset against your taxes.
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Taxation procedure Request binding information
In order to better assess the tax consequences, you have the option of requesting binding information from the relevant tax office.
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Transmit futility message due to insufficient cooperation of contracting persons
If you were unable to enter the identification number of a contract person, you must transmit a futility message.
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View electronic wage tax deduction features
The electronic wage tax characteristics (ELStAM) used for wage tax deduction are shown in the payslip and can be viewed in various ways.
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Withhold, declare and pay income tax for service providers living abroad
If you remunerate services provided by service providers living abroad, you must withhold, declare and pay income tax for them under certain circumstances.