As part of the tax office of the future project, the tax office Ravensburg will pilot the digitisation of incoming paper documents for an initial period of three months from Monday 12 October 2020 (incoming mail from Friday 9 October 2020).
The documents sent by post and fax to the tax office Ravensburg will be forwarded daily to the central scanning centre in Karlsruhe. There, the documents are scanned with automatic text recognition, filed in a document filing system and thus made available to the respective responsible processor. As a rule, the documents will be available for processing three days after receipt.
In a further stage, submitted documents will also be scanned. In this respect, reference is made once again to the document retention obligation that has been in force since the 2017 assessment period. According to this, receipts are no longer to be submitted with the tax return, but are only to be retained for a possible request. In the vast majority of cases, subsequently submitted copies are sufficient. Original receipts are only to be submitted upon express request.
The fastest and safest way to contact the tax office in writing is via the contact form or the Internet portal "My ELSTER"(www.elster.de). In addition to the preparation and submission of tax returns, the use of pre-filled tax returns and the non-binding tax calculation, the following messages can be securely transmitted to the tax office in "My ELSTER":
- Objection
- Request for extension of deadline
- Request for adjustment of advance payments
- Change of bank details (not for direct debit)
- Submission of documents
- other messages
A few moments after transmission, the messages are available in digital form to the tax office for processing.
We look forward to taking this further step towards paperless processing with you.
Your tax office Ravensburg in Weingarten