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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:
Apply for a business identification number (W-IdNr.)
If you start a business activity, you will be given a business identification number (W-IdNr.).
Apply for a residence certificate under a treaty for the avoidance of double taxation
If you, as a taxable (legal) entity, generate foreign income from a country with which an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation exists, a certificate of residence may be required for submission to a foreign tax authority. may be required.
Apply for assessment for persons with limited tax liability
If you are subject to limited tax liability, you can apply for income tax or corporation tax assessment under certain conditions.
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).
Apply for change of tax classes during marriage or civil partnership
As a spouse and as a civil partner, you have three possible tax class combinations at your disposal. You are free to choose from these.
Apply for lump sum for caregiver
For long-term care services, you can apply for a long-term care lump sum.
Apply for lump sum for disabled people
You can apply for a disability allowance for costs due to a disability.
Apply for lump sum for surviving dependents
In the case of survivor's benefits, you can claim a survivor's lump sum.
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.
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If you have withdrawn taxed electricity for business purposes, you can claim relief under certain conditions.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.
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.
Change in church tax deduction upon joining the church
When you join or re-join a church, you are obliged to pay church tax. The procedure for this is largely automated.
Change of church tax deduction in case of leaving the church
Leaving the church eliminates the obligation to pay church tax. The procedure for this is largely automated.
Change tax class after resumption of marital or civil partnership union
If you are no longer permanently separated from your spouse/life partner, you are again entitled to the tax class combination III/V, IV/IV or IV/IV with factor.
Claim allowances for child over 18
- You can also claim a child allowance for a child over the age of 18.
Claim allowances for child under 18
- For a child under 18 years old, you can claim a child allowance.
Collect church tax
If you are a member of a Protestant state church or the Roman Catholic Church and you reside in or habitual residence in Thuringia, then you are subject to church tax.
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).
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.
Determine income tax
Income tax is a tax levied on the income of natural persons.
Display 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.
Electronic wage tax deduction characteristics (ELStAM) Request change
If there are any changes to your ELStAM, you must notify the relevant authority in good time. You can find information on this here.
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.
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.
Gift tax notice received
Here you will find information on the assessment of gift tax.
Inheritance tax notice received
Here you will find information on the assessment of inheritance tax.
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.
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.
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.
Offsetting and reimbursement of deductions for construction work
Have you provided construction services for a company or a public corporation and construction withholding tax was withheld on your consideration? If so, you can apply for a refund of the tax deducted under certain conditions.
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.
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.
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.
Request an annual statement from the artists' social security fund
If you are subject to compulsory insurance or entitled to a subsidy through the artists' social security fund, you will receive proof of your insurance for each year.
Request certificate for payroll tax deduction
Tax office can issue certificate for wage tax deduction if retrieval of electronic wage tax deduction characteristics (ELStAM) is not possible.
Request tax class change for single parents
If you are single and your household includes at least one child for whom you are entitled to the child allowance or child benefit, you can apply for consideration of the relief amount for single parents.
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.
Show changes to certified pension 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.
Submit notification of futility due to insufficient cooperation of contractual parties
If you were unable to enter the identification number of a contract person, you must submit a futility report.
Tax class - change upon marriage
You do not want to keep the tax class combination IV/IV automatically assigned upon marriage? Then you and your wife or husband can apply for a tax class change at your responsible tax office.
Tax class - change upon separation
You live permanently separated as part of a marriage or civil partnership? Then the spouse-related tax class combinations are no longer possible from the year after the separation.
Tax deduction for construction services Exemption
Do you provide a construction service in Germany to another entrepreneur or to a legal entity under public law and they have to pay construction withholding tax on the consideration? Then you can apply for exemption from tax liability.
Tax office
The tax offices are responsible for assessing and collecting taxes. Almost all concerns can be raised and information provided in the telephone service area.
View electronic wage tax deduction characteristics
The electronic wage tax characteristics (ELStAM) used for wage tax deduction are shown in the wage statement and can be viewed in various ways.
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.