Taxfix makes filing tax returns easier and more accessible for many people. Find out here who can use Taxfix and what requirements apply.
📌 Quick & Easy
- Taxfix offers a simple tax return solution. Employees, students, retirees, self-employed persons and other user groups can use the app.
- Taxfix is a digital solution. The app does not replace traditional tax consulting but enables an intuitive tax return process.
- Not all tax cases are supported. Restrictions apply to certain self-employed persons, landlords, and other types of income.
🚀 Your Guide
Who Can Use Taxfix?
Taxfix is suitable for a variety of users, including:
- 💼 Employees and civil servants: Persons who are in an employment relationship or active public service.
- 🎓 Students or trainees: Students enrolled at universities or in vocational training.
- 👴 Retirees: People in retirement.
- 🏠 Landlords (from the 2023 tax year): e.g., rental of residential property owned solely or jointly, rental of undeveloped land, other immovable assets and material assets, granting of rights.
- 🧾 Self-employed persons (VAT-liable): If you are self-employed and subject to VAT, you can manage your bookkeeping and VAT pre-registration (Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung) easily with Taxfix USt Essentials. Note: the income tax return is not yet supported for VAT-liable self-employed persons.
- 🚀 Small business owners (from the 2024 tax year): Persons who are self-employed and who make use of the small business regulation (Kleinunternehmerregelung).
Special cases:
- Company pension plans: If your employer deducts contributions directly from your gross salary (gross salary conversion), these are tax-free and do not need to be entered separately in the app.
- Income replacement benefits: If you have received short-time work benefits, unemployment benefits, parental benefits, or other income subject to progression, you can enter these in the app.
For these groups, Taxfix offers both the option to prepare the tax return independently and the Expert Service, where independent tax consultants handle the return.
Requirements for Using Taxfix
- Main residence in Germany: The main residence must have been in Germany for at least part of the year.
- Tax liability in Germany: The user must be taxable in Germany.
- For self-employed (VAT-liable): You will need your tax number and details about your self-employment to get started. Your invoices and receipts are all that's needed for your ongoing bookkeeping.
⚠️ Taxfix does not provide traditional tax consulting but a digital solution for preparing and submitting tax returns.
Which Tax Cases Are Not Yet Supported?
The following tax cases are currently not available:
💡 Cases with standard taxation will also be possible from 2026.
- 🧾 Self-employed persons subject to VAT (income tax return): e.g. those with a VAT identification number, employees, partnerships, special business activities, or a business closure/sale during the tax year.
- 🚜 Income from agriculture and forestry
- 🏦 Private pension income, civil servant pensions, or compensation benefits, e.g., sales transactions.
- 🏠 Rental of buildings and land in certain cases:
- Rental abroad
- Short-term rental (e.g., vacation homes, guesthouses)
- Subletting or discounted letting
- Renting to relatives or entrepreneurs
- Use for public purposes
💡 Unfortunately, rental income cannot be recorded via Taxfix for the 2022 tax year.
- 👨👩👧 Alimony payments to support adult relatives in Germany and abroad.
- 🏵️ Tax returns for inheritance or gifts
- 🌍 We are currently only able to handle international tax cases to a limited extent. These include:
- Expats and relocaters, provided they were registered in Germany and abroad at the same time.
- Cross-border commuters
- Full-year residence abroad (limited tax liability)
- Foreign income under certain conditions
- 🏛️ Special payments to members of parliament
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