When will I get the tax statement?

Unfortunately, we cannot predict exactly how long it will take the tax office to process your tax return. Experience shows that it usually takes 6 to 12 weeks until you receive your tax statement.

If you submit your tax return at the beginning of the new year, it can take even longer. This is because the tax offices do not start processing the tax returns until mid-March of the following year. This is due to the legal deadline that allows employers or health insurance companies to submit data to the tax office until 28 February. In addition, tax changes often still have to be entered into the tax offices' system at the beginning of the year.

Have you been waiting for a few weeks and still haven't heard back from the tax office?

Then simply contact your local tax office directly and ask about the processing status. For data protection reasons, we are not informed in detail about this and unfortunately cannot inquire on your behalf.

You can find the contact details of your tax office online or directly in the Taxfix app.

Online

The German tax offices are represented online. You can also find your tax office centrally at the Federal Central Tax Office:

Federal Central Tax Office - tax office search

In the Taxfix app

• Open the Taxfix app and log in
• Select the tax year for which you have submitted your tax return
• Click on "Contact tax office"
• Now you can contact your tax office via email or phone

📞 By phone, you can use the information we provide so that the tax office can assign your tax return.

✉️ By email, you can also send your tax return as an attachment.

You can download your tax return as a PDF document within the app:

• Open the Taxfix app and log in
• Select the tax year for which you have submitted your tax return
• Click on "View tax return" or “View submitted PDF”

This document shows the tax return as it was submitted to your tax office. You can ignore the "Not for the tax office" (Nicht für das Finanzamt) label - it simply indicates that the submission was made electronically. You can send the document to your tax office as a reference without any problems.