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Anyone who has not yet submitted their property tax return for property tax B will receive a reminder letter from the tax office from mid-June 2023. The letters will specify a new deadline for submission, after which the grace period will end.

Tax offices do not send confirmation of receipt

Citizens are currently reporting requests for payment of an outstanding debt that they claim to have received from the tax office via text message.

The Federal Ministry of Finance has announced important guidance on the energy price allowance for pensioners in the 2022 income tax return (EkSt return).

The tax offices offer a new service for electronic tax returns. The app MeinELSTER+ helps collect receipts and vouchers for the tax return during the year and already assign them to the corresponding fields in the income tax return. This makes the actual preparation of the tax return a bit easier.

Citizens are currently reporting calls in which the caller pretends to be from the tax office and asks them to pay alleged tax arrears.

The Oberfinanzdirektion Karlsruhe is looking for student assistants (f/m/d) for the tax offices of the state Baden-Württemberg with immediate effect and for a limited period of time for activities related to the implementation of the property tax reform.

Instruction sheet on the duty of courts and authorities to notify tax authorities pursuant to Section 116 AO in the event of the existence of facts indicating a tax offense

1. Declaration submission via ELSTER
2. Issuance of forms only in cases of hardship after making an appointment

As of 01.07.2022, the tax office Ravensburg will accept bank transfers (including standing orders) only under its bank account with Deutsche Bundesbank.

To honor the tireless efforts of employees in hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient care services during the Corona pandemic, the German government has presented a draft for a Fourth Corona Tax Relief Act. Under the bill, certain special payments to nursing staff granted under federal or state regulations would be tax-free up to a total of 3,000 euros.

From April 2022, the tax offices will be offering a new service around electronic tax returns called einfachELSTER, which is specifically aimed at people with pension or retirement income who are required to file an income tax return with the tax office.

Upon application, smaller photovoltaic systems and combined heat and power plants can be assumed to be operated on a non-profit basis.

The provisions of the German Fiscal Code (AO; in particular §§ 145 to 147 AO in the version of 29.12.2016) apply to the storage of digital documents.

For agricultural holdings, the new state land tax law links the amount of land tax to the natural fertility of the soil. The data required for this purpose have already been collected for many decades by land valuation committees, which are made up of equal numbers of experts from the tax authorities and practising farmers.

The Federal Ministry of Finance has published a BMF circular on tax incentives for energy efficiency measures in buildings used for own residential purposes. The BMF letter explains individual questions on the application of the regulation on tax relief in accordance with Section 35c EStG and the regulation on the determination of minimum requirements for energy measures in buildings used for own residential purposes.

From Monday 12 October 2020 (incoming mail from Friday 09 October 2020), the Tax Office Ravensburg is piloting the digitisation of documents received in paper format.

As of 30.09.2020, the tax office Ravensburg will close its current account at Kreissparkasse Ravensburg.

Due to the change from the obligation to submit receipts to the obligation to retain receipts, there are currently still uncertainties in dealing with receipts.

Your tax return is largely processed electronically and paperless. As a general rule, you should therefore not initially submit any receipts when filing your tax return and only submit them in individual cases at the request of the tax authorities.

The following information sheet is intended to provide assistance in dealing with receipts. It lists situations in which the tax office is likely to request supporting documents and therefore, in exceptional cases, submitting them with the tax return can optimize the process.

General information on the implementation of the data protection requirements of Articles 12 to 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation in the tax administration.