Which tax office is responsible after moving?
When you move, you have to organize a lot, change and deregister. The tax office must also find out about it. But which office is responsible after the move?
Which tax office is responsible after the change of residence
For example, let's say you need to file an income tax return for 2010 in 2012 and you moved from Hamburg to Frankfurt in 2011 and there was a move from Frankfurt to Munich in 2012. So at the time of the declaration you live in Munich:
- It makes sense to inform the responsible tax office about the change of residence every time you move. In that case, you would have received a tax number in Frankfurt in 2011 and one in Munich in 2012. You must submit the declaration to the tax office, which is now responsible for your place of residence, i.e. in Munich, even if this relates to 2010 and you lived in Hamburg at the time.
- If you are not required to file a tax return, the old tax office will not notify the new one. In that case, you will have to apply for a new tax number yourself. If you are not sure which tax office is responsible for your new place of residence, you can inquire about this from the finance ministry of the federal state in which you now live.
- Since the tax office that is responsible for the place in which you live at the time of submission is always responsible, you can also use the postal code of your place of residence in special Portals To search on the internet. Then contact this tax office for a tax number. Please also state your old place of residence and the previous tax number there.
If you already have a tax identification number (IdNr), you do not need to apply for a new tax number, because this number is valid throughout the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Procedure when moving a business
- If you move with a business enterprise, you have to report the move to the trade office. Either by reporting a relocation of the company headquarters or by registering Business sign out and sign up for a new one.
- In this case, the trade office also informs the responsible tax office that your company is now based there; the tax office is responsible for the business as soon as it learns about it. It will contact you automatically after the move.
Of course, in this case you can also find out which postcode is Tax office will be responsible after the move.
