Anyone who is not obliged to submit a tax return must still observe a deadline - this is the deadline.
Employees who do not have
to submit
an
income tax
return can
do so
voluntarily
- so that the tax office reimburses taxes that have been paid too much.
This can happen retrospectively for four years.
Those affected must not miss an important date:
December 31st is an important date.
For the 2016 tax year, the deadline will finally expire at the end of 2020, as stated in a report by the German Press Agency (dpa) on the subject.
December 31, 2020: Deadline for 2016 tax returns
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December 31st is an important date for many people concerned when filing their tax returns.
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What those who decide late should consider: It is crucial that the
tax return is in the mailbox of the responsible tax office by midnight on December 31, 2020 at the latest
, explains Uwe Rauhöft from the Bundesverband Lohnsteuerhilfevereine BVL according to dpa.
"It is easier to meet the deadline * if an
Elster tax return is
submitted with a digital signature."
When is a voluntary income tax return worthwhile?
According to the expert, for example, with
high advertising costs
or
other tax-reducing expenses
or with
larger wage fluctuations.
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December 31, 2020: Deadline also for applications for employee savings allowance
December 31 is also an important deadline for other applications at the tax office
.
The end of the year is the deadline for applications for employee savings allowance.
As a rule, this application is made together with the income tax return anyway, according to the dpa report, but it can also be made without an application for income tax assessment.
For 2016, the application deadline also ends on December 31, 2020.
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Housing construction bonuses and allowances for Riester contracts
can, as it goes on to say, only be applied for retrospectively for two years.
This means that retroactive applications for 2018 could still be made by the end of 2020.
Thereafter, entitlement to the bonus or allowance no longer applies.
Tip:
Housing and Riester savers should therefore check whether they have already submitted such an application.
It is also important to report changes in personal circumstances such as the number of children.
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If you are obliged to pay tax: The deadline is normally 31 July of the following year
The situation is different with the
deadline for the tax return for those who are obliged to submit it
.
They
usually
have to
do this by July 31 of the following year
.
If you let the tax advisor or the income tax aid association help you, this period is extended to the last day of February of the year after next.
This means, for example: tax consultants would have to have submitted the declarations for 2019 by the end of February 2021.
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ahu) * merkur.de is part of the Ippen central network.
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