{"id":5993,"date":"2026-09-11T10:17:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.schubwerk.eu\/faq\/what-is-german-tax-return\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T11:17:47","slug":"what-is-german-tax-return","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.consultinghouse.eu\/de\/faq\/what-is-german-tax-return\/","title":{"rendered":"What you should know about annual tax returns?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00dcbersicht<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Registrierung beim Finanzamt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steuererhebung und Fristen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lohn- und Gehaltsabrechnung Steuererleichterungen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registrierung beim Finanzamt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the case of business start-ups, registration is done at the relevant tax office by submitting the so-called &#8220;tax assessment questionnaire&#8221;. This questionnaire will be sent to newly created companies after the establishment of the company or business registration by the tax office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Steuer\u00e4mter stehen auch zu Zwecken der Steuerinformationen zur Verf\u00fcgung. Unternehmen sollten jedoch einen Steuerberater konsultieren, um ihre Steuererkl\u00e4rungen zu optimieren. Steuerberater k\u00f6nnen in ganz Deutschland auf der Website des Deutschen Steuerberaterverbands gefunden werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steuererhebung und Fristen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Erhebung der Steuern f\u00fcr die wichtigsten Steuerarten (Einkommensteuer, K\u00f6rperschaftsteuer, Handelssteuer und Mehrwertsteuer) erfolgt mittels Vorauszahlungen (zum Beispiel monatlich oder viertelj\u00e4hrlich), die in der Jahressteuererkl\u00e4rung ausgewiesen werden. Die Jahressteuererkl\u00e4rung muss bis zum 31. Mai des Folgejahres eingereicht werden; diese Frist kann auf Antrag verl\u00e4ngert werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Steuererkl\u00e4rung besteht aus verschiedenen Formularen f\u00fcr jeden Steuertyp. Sofern m\u00f6glich, m\u00fcssen die Begleitunterlagen zu den abzugsf\u00e4higen Aufwendungen beigef\u00fcgt oder auf Antrag der Steuerbeh\u00f6rden vorgelegt werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">lohn- und gehaltsabrechnung Steuerabzug<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Arbeitnehmer zahlen lohn- und gehaltsabrechnung Steuern \u2013 ein Sonderbegriff f\u00fcr die vom abh\u00e4ngigen Arbeitnehmer gezahlten Einkommensteuern. Der Arbeitgeber ist verpflichtet, die Einkommensteuern direkt aus dem Gehalt der Arbeitnehmer einzubeziehen und diesen monatlich an die Steuerbeh\u00f6rde zu zahlen. 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