VIDEO: Find the tax number on the tax card
You currently have two tax numbers
It might be confusing, but at the moment you are actually listed under two different tax numbers - the well-known tax number and the tax identification number.
Since the tax number is based on a Tax office When moving to another tax office area, it was necessary to assign a new tax number. In addition, the data stored at the old tax office had to be taken over by the new tax office.
In times when flexibility is required in all situations, moves have become very common, so a tax number should be introduced, which is valid for a lifetime and always remains the same regardless of where you live - similar to the Social security number.
For the introduction of the new number, the legislature left us some time as a familiarization phase. As early as 2008, every taxable citizen was given an identification number. Since then, this number has always been used in parallel to the conventional tax number. Children are now assigned the number at birth.
The number has another purpose, however. In 2012, the income tax cards should finally have had their day. The employer should now be able to query the employee's tax data online using the identification number.
The TIN number replaces the previous tax number with regard to income tax. …
Income tax card - where else can you find the number
In order to bring the new tax identification number into circulation as easily as possible, it was already printed on the 2009 and 2010 income tax cards. You will find it in the top right corner, right on the second line.
All citizens, including those who did not have a tax card at the time, were sent their personal identification number independently at the end of 2008. It is a letter with the new number at the top right and your name, your date of birth and your previous address at the bottom.
Anyone who no longer has this notification can also find the number on all tax assessments that have been issued in the meantime. As a rule, it is there next to the file number and is abbreviated with “IdNr.”.
If all three options do not apply to you, you can also get the number online via the Tax information center request.
Since your employer will need this number from next year - otherwise he is obliged to provide you with the You shouldn't wait too long to get your tax identification number obtain.
