Service Finder
Apply for lump sum for surviving dependents
Service Description
If you have been granted current surviving dependents' benefits, for example under the Federal Pensions Act or from statutory accident insurance, you can apply for a lump sum. You will also receive this lump sum if the right to the benefits is suspended or you have received a settlement in the form of a lump sum for the entitlement to the benefits.
Process flow
- The survivor's lump sum is claimed in the income tax return
- You can submit the tax return in paper form or in the online procedure
Who should I contact?
- You can find the contact points at the tax office responsible for you via the tax office finder on the website of the Federal Central Office
Competent authority
- The tax office responsible in each case decides on the applications in the tax return
- You can find the tax office responsible for you via the Tax Office Finder on the website of the Federal Central Tax Office
Requirements
There are survivors' benefits under one of the following laws:
- the Federal Pensions Act or another law which declares the provisions of the Federal Pensions Act on survivors' benefits to be applicable mutatis mutandis, or
- the regulations on statutory accident insurance, or
- the provisions under civil service law on survivors of a civil servant who has died as a result of an accident in the line of duty, or
- the provisions of the Federal Compensation Act on compensation for damage to life, limb or health.
Which documents are required?
In the case of surviving dependents' benefits, you must provide proof by means of official documents (e.g. pension notice from the pension office, the competent compensation authority or a statutory accident insurance institution).
The pension notice from a statutory pension insurance institution does not suffice as proof.
What are the fees?
None
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
- The deadline for filing the 2022 income tax return is 02.10.2023
- The deadline for filing the income tax return 2023 is 02.09.2024
- The submission deadline for the income tax return from 2024 is 31.7. of the following year
Processing duration
- The processing time depends on the processing status in the respective responsible tax office
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringia Ministry of Finance
Professionally released on
29.06.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Start your request directly online:
Competent Authority
Finanzamt Erfurt
Address
99091 Erfurt
Opening times
Our service center will remain permanently closed. During our service hours, we will answer inquiries about your specific tax case by telephone:
0361 57 3615-900
Service hours
Monday 08.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 15.00
Tuesday 08.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 15.00
Wednesday 08.00 - 12.00
Thursday 08.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 18.00
Friday 08.00 - 12.00
If a matter cannot be resolved by telephone, you still have the option of making a personal appointment with the person responsible.
