Your German income tax return: File independently online

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Your German income tax return online: Explained simply

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Secure your average tax refund of 1.095 euros in just a few minutes!

Your 2020 income tax return in just 4 steps

Gather data

Keep your income tax certificate & additional receipts for the applicable tax year on hand

Enter your values

Enter your income, income-related expenses & other accumulated expenses during our EStG (German Income Tax Act) compliant tax interview

Submit

Submit your data to the tax office electronically via the Elster interface

Relax

Wait for the tax office to mail you your tax assessment notice

Calculate your tax refund

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Filing your German income tax return: Made easy with wundertax

Most people aren’t super familiar with the German Income Tax Act (EStG) and can’t simply file their tax return without any effort – no more worrying about paragraphs, deadlines, papers, attachments, and finding out your local tax office – we’ll take this off your hands and help you submit your 2020 tax return online easily and stress-free. We’ll guide you through entering all your important information and data in our simple tax interview, this includes your income from freelance or traditional employment as well as income from renting and leasing, capital gains, etc. In contract to Mein Elster, our smart tax tool makes numerous suggestions to ensure you don’t miss any deductible expenses. In addition, many lump sums are already prefilled – no reason to dig through the Income Tax Act to try and save taxes, we’ve done that for you!

Most employees know that their gross salary isn’t the actual amount they receive each month in their paycheck – that’s why it’s so important to claim as many deductible expenses as possible on your tax return. In addition to special expenses, household-related expenses, and extraordinary expenses, you will primarily be deducting income-related expenses. According to the German Income Tax Act (EStG), income-related expenses are all costs incurred as an employee that serve to earn, secure, and maintain your income.

Complete your German income tax return online

Filing your income tax return with wundertax means pure convenience and comfort. After our easy-to-understand tax interview, nothing is standing in the way of submitting your tax return. Following the interview you can submit your data electronically to the tax office and 3-12 weeks later, you’ll receive your income tax notice from them.

Your 2020 German tax return made easy! Enter your income-related and other expenses now & check your tax refund potential!

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