Income tax certificate and several employers

The income tax certificate for employees

Depending on the number of employers in a calendar year, each employee receives one or more income tax certificates at the end of the year.

• The employer must issue a wage tax certificate for every employee at the end of the year. If an employment relationship ends during a calendar year, an income tax certificate must also be issued. Enter the duration of employment, the gross wage as well as the withheld wage and church tax and the solidarity surcharge in the certificate.
• The employer sends the certificate electronically directly to the Tax office, the employee receives a printout. Only if an employee works on a marginal basis in a private household can he Employer's income tax certificate is still on the back of the employee's income tax card enter.

If you have had multiple employers

If you are employed by several employers during a year, you should pay attention to a few things.

• If you had several employers during a calendar year, each employer sends an electronic certificate to the tax office. Accordingly, you must also receive a printout from each one. So make sure that this is the case too. If not, request the missing printout.


Lost the printout of the electronic income tax certificate - what options are there to get a new one

The tax return affects everyone sooner or later. To send them to the tax office ...

• The certificates are for you, so you don't have to hand them in with your tax return, as the tax office already has the data.
• For the sake of clarity, enter each employer separately in the tax return. To do this, you can use several forms in Appendix N or click on "Information on another income tax certificate" for an electronic declaration.
• If you have a full-time job and a mini-job, you do not have to note the income from the mini-job if your employer taxes it at a flat rate. However, if you want to claim the lump sum or income-related expenses, you must of course enter the income.

So there are a few things to keep in mind if you have several employers and therefore several income tax certificates.