VIDEO: How do I fill out a tax return?

Filling out the tax return needs to be skillful

• If you have never completed a tax return and have now obtained the documents, the individual documents appear to be quite complicated. But you don't really need to be afraid, because if you proceed step by step when filling in, nothing can actually go wrong. The best option is to go through the tax return instructions point by point.

• In addition to the information for the tax office, you should actually be able to fill in the cover sheet of the tax return very quickly, because you only have to fill this out with your permanent data. The first inside page deals in the first part with the other annexes, which you fill out in addition to the application for the tax return. Below you enter your deductible special expenses, which are very taxable, such as the tax prepayments, etc.

Now it's about your money

The remainder of the first inside page is devoted to donations and membership fees, and with that you already have the first page done. Extraordinary burdens, people in need and household-related expenses are entered on page three of the tax return. The last sheet of the application deals with other information and applications as well as the field for your signatures, because You and your partner must both sign this tax return, even if you have a separate tax assessment wish.

• The annex N is the most important annex next to the main sheet of the tax return, because you have to use it with various Complete income from non-self-employed work, with a separate annex N for each partner in the community is to be filled out.
• If you were only employed in one company in the entire past year, you were only given an electronic income tax certificate. You need a separate electronic income tax certificate for each additional employer.


Annex R to the tax return - how to fill it out correctly

In Germany, pensions are basically among those subject to income tax ...

• If there are more than two certificates per employee, you have to add up all income and only need to add the other certificates to the first two.

Every plant is important

• The inside of Annex N is particularly important for you, because this is about the Travel expenses and advertising expenses, which can be up to a lump sum of 1000 euros without Evidence will be accepted. Here fill in the columns with the costs for your work clothes, the study and the application costs.
• On the right side the fields for the double housekeeping are waiting ride costs for the journey home as well as the additional expenses for meals in the absence, that you fill them out.
• You must enter your insurance premiums and other pension expenses in the pension expense annex, which is not difficult and is well described in the instructions.
• For each child, fill out a separate child appendix, in which you enter information about the child benefit received, for example.
• Does someone get one from you pension, you must complete Appendix R for pensioners, while you complete Appendix KAP for additional capital assets.

If you have attached all the documents for your tax return, put all the documents in an envelope and send them to your Tax office or hand it in there personally.