Tax return 2020: note the new date for the 2021 submission deadline!

For the Corona year 2020, many Germans have to file a tax return.

When does the tax return have to be submitted this year at the latest?

Anyone who

has to submit

a 

now has until the

: The Federal Council has approved a

, as the German Press Agency reported on June 25.

According to the information, the background to the postponement is the high burdens on citizens during the corona pandemic.

The 

was initially set at July 31, 2021 - but only for those who are obliged to submit it. In the meantime, however, the 

 to extend

this 

. However, the approval of the Federal Council was still missing. And that has now happened. Because as the Bundesverband Lohnsteuerhilfevereine (BVL) in Berlin also announced, the Federal Council approved the relevant law on June 25th. "It resolved to extend the deadline for filing the tax return for the Corona year 2020 by three months," said the BVL.

The BVL's communication

specifically

states about the

the

: “For taxpayers who do not seek tax advice, but rather make the

on their own, the actual statutory submission deadline ends on July 31, 2021. Now you have

. "

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When is the deadline for filing the 2020 tax return?

So

when does the

be received by the

at the latest

?

Since October 31st falls on a Sunday this year, the deadline is postponed to Monday (November 1st) in those federal states on which November 1st is not a public holiday - and in all federal states with November 1st as According to a public holiday on the following Tuesday (November 2nd), a spokesman for the Federal Association of Wage Tax Assistance Associations announced.

Tax return 2020: what is the deadline for getting tax advice?

If taxpayers contact an income tax aid association or a tax advisor who prepares the 2020 tax return for them and submits it to the tax office, they have even longer time, according to the BVL: The

for filing the

extended

from February 28, 2022

on May 31, 2022.

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Attention: Due to the three-month extension of the declaration period, the interest rate for the full rate of return for the 2020 assessment period will also be postponed by three months, according to the statement from the FSVO.

"Both tax refunds and tax back payments will only earn interest if they are determined after June 2022."

Sources: dpa, communication from the Federal Association of Wage Tax Assistance Associations ev.

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