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As part of the property tax reform, no on-site appointments are made to determine the survey data.

As of May 23, 2022, the requirement to wear mouth-to-nose protection when entering tax office service centers will be eliminated

A reorganization of Baden-Württemberg's company audit services is due to take place on January 1, 2024. The reason for this is that company size categories will change nationwide on this date. In doing so, the state is also pursuing the goal of strengthening the tax audit.

Citizens are currently reporting requests for payment of a tax that they have received via SMS. The SMS contains a link which, when opened, contains a letter from the "tax office Baden-Württemberg" with a request for payment (no tax type, no period, tax amount three digits).

As of April 19, 2022, access to the service centers of the tax offices will again be possible without proof.

As of April 4, access to the service centers of the tax offices is again possible under the 3G (Vaccinated, Convalescent, Tested) regulations. A negative rapid antigen test is required as proof of testing, whereby the underlying test must have been taken no more than 24 hours previously.

The processing of income tax returns for 2021 is now starting at the tax offices in Baden-Württemberg. Employers, insurance companies and other institutions regularly have until February 28 of each year to provide the tax authorities with the necessary data, such as income tax certificates or contribution data for retirement provision, pension withdrawal notifications or data on health and long-term care insurance, for processing the tax return.

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.

As every year, citizens can apply for their income tax allowance for the year 2022 since 1 October. This is the so-called "application for wage tax reduction". The tax-free allowance is stored by the tax office as an electronic wage tax deduction feature (ELStAM) and automatically communicated to the employer. It increases the monthly net income immediately. In addition, the tax-free allowance can be applied for two years at once.

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

There is currently a new scam. The fraudsters pretend to be "Wagner Steuerberatung GmbH" and use deceptively real-looking documents in their job offers, which supposedly come from the tax office.

Extensive hygiene concept and mobile air purification devices in the classrooms enable face-to-face teaching

The Baden-Württemberg tax administration is introducing the first anonymous whistleblower system for tax offices in Germany. The new whistleblower portal offers citizens a secure and anonymous communication channel to report violations of criminal and tax laws.

As a result of the storms in mid-July this year (in particular on 14 and 15 July 2021), considerable damage was caused by flooding in parts of the Federal Republic of Germany (in particular Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony). The elimination of this damage will lead to considerable financial burdens for many citizens.

The Baden-Württemberg tax administration has set a new record with around 4.2 million income tax returns in 2020. Despite more difficult working conditions due to the Corona pandemic, the average processing time was improved by one day last year. "It is outstanding that the more than 16,000 employees completed significantly more tasks in less time under pandemic conditions. This shows the impressive performance of the tax administration in the state", said State Secretary of Finance Gisela Splett.

The simplification rule applies to the plants that were put into operation after December 31, 2003. Income from such plants no longer has to be declared in income tax returns.

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.

Last year, many employees received short-time allowance due to the Corona pandemic. Receiving short-time allowance may lead to the obligation to file an income tax return.

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