Videos in sign language

Welcome to the websites of the tax offices in Baden-Württemberg. First of all, I would like to inform you that the websites of the tax offices are structured identically and the central content is also identical. Information on the respective tax office, such as opening hours, address, telephone numbers and current notices from a tax office are maintained individually.

You can find individual information about your tax office under the menu item "Your tax office". Here you can find out about the responsibilities of the tax office, bank details or other contact options - such as postal address, directions, telephone contact details, contact persons for specific topics. You will also find the latest news, press releases and information.

On the homepage you can see which tax office page you are currently on. Below this you will find information highlighted with pictures. Central information or individual information from your tax office.

For an on-site visit, you need to make an appointment with your tax office in advance. Please use the appointment system to make an appointment. Some tax offices also offer a call-back service. Here you can arrange a callback with your tax office on your preferred date. This saves you additional time and fits perfectly into your everyday life. You can access the appointment and call-back system via the sticky sidebar which is attached to every page you are currently on.

Does your tax office need a message or a receipt from you? Then write to us quickly and easily online from home by opening the contact form via the sticky sidebar, entering your details and uploading the requested document as an attachment if required. You do not need to register to use the contact form. The transmission of your entries is free of charge, encrypted and secure.

If you have general questions, our virtual colleague is available around the clock. The tax chatbot will answer your questions about tax law and procedures without any official jargon. You can also call up the tax chatbot conveniently via the sticky sidebar. Give it a try!

You can find tax topics explained simply, briefly and visually in our YouTube explanatory videos. You can find an overview of all the explanatory videos and instructions in our media library under Service - Explanatory videos / Instructions. You will also find the latest explanatory videos at the bottom of the website. Immerse yourself in the world of Nadja, Lea, Tim and Lukas for a few minutes. Let's go!

Under Service you will find, for example, the public service, the anonymous whistleblower system or SteuerCloud@BW

The special forms and forms for Baden-Württemberg can also be found under Service. You can download these as pdf files. Please download the standard federal forms/forms, e.g. for income tax returns, from the Federal Tax Administration's form management system.

Did you know that you can also submit many of these forms digitally via ELSTER? If you submit your tax return via ELSTER, you benefit from a plausibility check, the option to transfer data from the previous year and the provisional calculation of your tax refund or back tax payment, among other things. With electronic document retrieval, you can transfer the data available at the tax office, such as insurance or employer data (salary, pension, health insurance contributions) directly into your return. Not yet registered at ELSTER? Then go straight to www.elster.de to create an account.

Finally, I would like to draw your attention to the Careers section in the menu bar. Here you will find current job and training vacancies from all tax offices.

The yellow header contains:

The logo of Baden-Württemberg the name of the selected tax office. If you click on the logo, you will always be taken to the home page of the tax office.

The languages offered: German, English and French. Click on the language symbol. You can then select the desired language and the information will be displayed in the desired language.

The additional languages offered: Easy language and sign language. Click on the respective symbol to display the selected information in the respective additional language.

The menu bar is located below the header. The menu bar contains information on your tax office, Service, ELSTER, Careers and Grundsteuer, for example. Click on these to obtain further information on the desired topic.

The search field is located on the right-hand side of the menu bar. Click on the magnifying glass to open an input field. Enter your search term here. Press the Enter key or click on the magnifying glass. The result will be displayed.

You can enlarge the displayed font sizes and images to 200%. Use your individual browser function here. Alternatively, in standard browsers you can also press "CTRL" and "+" or "-" on the screen to zoom in or out step by step.

By zooming in, the menu bar becomes a burger menu (3 superimposed lines). The languages and the search are then included in the burger menu.

Below the menu bar is the breadcrumb navigation, e.g. Home > Your tax office > Tax office Aalen. The breadcrumb navigation shows you where you are currently located. In this example, it is on the homepage of the tax officeAalen.

The sticky sidebar is attached to the right-hand side of every page - in the mobile view it is at the bottom. It allows you to make contact from any page via the tax chatbot, the appointment and callback system and the contact form.

Links lead to other places on the website or to other websites. You can recognize a link when the mouse pointer changes from an arrow to a hand. In addition, the links are underlined and shown with an arrow.

Clicking on the triangular drop-down icons opens up previously invisible content.

At the bottom of the black footer, for example, you will find links to the legal notice and data protection.

Regular updates are made to the website. We then review the accessibility statement. The adaptation of the accessibility statement video is updated regularly at a different rhythm. The statuses are therefore not always the same

For further reading, you will be linked to the current status of the accessibility statement.
To the accessibility statement

I would like to welcome you to our short tour of the state's own website on property tax reform at Baden-Württemberg.

First of all, I would like to inform you that we have bundled the most important information in connection with the property tax reform and important links on this website.

The first thing you notice is the picture of the property tax reform and the heading "Important information on the new Grundsteuer" below it. Clicking on the "More" button takes you to an overview with important information for the property tax return.

This page refers to the information letters on the property tax reform and the deadline for submitting the declaration. You will also find information on submitting your declaration electronically via ELSTER.

At the bottom of the page, under the tab "Information and data for the assessment return", you will find all the relevant data you need to prepare the assessment return, as well as the relevant sources, broken down into real estate (Grundsteuer B) and agricultural and forestry businesses (Grundsteuer A).

Back on the start page, you will see twelve different tiles with images and labels at the bottom.

By clicking on the first tile "Completion aids ELSTER", you can access the completion instructions to help you submit your declaration via My ELSTER. Here you will find step-by-step instructions for both real estate and agricultural and forestry assets. Also included here are explanations of case constellations that frequently occur in connection with real estate or agricultural and forestry assets

By clicking on the second tile "Standard land values for land assets", you can access the central standard land value information system at Baden-Württemberg. Here you can query your standard land value and the area for your parcel.

If you run an agricultural or forestry business, please click on the third tile "Land parcel information for agriculture and forestry" to access the geoportal for land parcels used for agriculture and forestry. Here you can query, among other things, the yield measurement number and the area of the property.

The tiles in the second row contain links to YouTube. The tax authorities have created various explanatory videos for the property tax reform. On the one hand, there is a video with the content "How do I read the property tax value and property tax assessment notice?". In addition, the step-by-step guide to declaring land value and agricultural and forestry assets is also available as a "movie" at ELSTER.

The first tile in the third row contains a link to the FAQ of the Ministry of Finance Baden-Württemberg. Here you will find many important questions and answers on the new Grundsteuer for both real estate and agricultural and forestry assets.

If you own property in other federal states, you can click on the "Other federal states" tile to the right of the FAQ to go to the nationwide page on the property tax reform. There you will find links to the websites of the respective federal states.

The last tile in this series contains a link to the tax chatbot for the property tax reform. This is a virtual assistant that answers your questions on the subject of Grundsteuer.

In the last row, you will find explanatory videos on the general process of the property tax reform for real estate and agricultural and forestry assets. Finally, in the last two tiles you will find the content of our website in sign language and easy-to-read.