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The application for assessment of income tax can be submitted to the tax office retrospectively (by submitting the tax return) within the general assessment period of four years. The period begins at the end of the calendar year in which the wages were received.
Important: The deadline for taxpayers who are legally obliged to submit an annual income tax return is July 31 of the following calendar year.
Example: Income tax return for 2019, submission deadline July 31, 2020
If tax returns are prepared by a tax advisor or income tax aid association, they must be submitted by the last day of February of the calendar year following the following year at the latest.
Example: Income tax return for 2018, deadline 02/29/2020
This does not apply if the tax return is expressly requested in advance.
Deadline extension:
If the income tax return cannot be submitted on time, an application for an extension of the deadline is possible. This must be sent to the responsible tax office and must contain a reason for the extension of the deadline as well as the expected submission date. It is advisable to apply for a so-called tacit deadline extension. Then the tax office only gives an answer if it should reject this application.
The following deadlines apply for the 2020 tax period:
- Non-advised taxpayers: 1.11.2021
- Advised taxpayers: 31.8.2022
The following submission deadlines apply to the 2021 tax period:
- Non-advised taxpayers: 1.11.2022
- Advised taxpayers: 31.8.2023
The following submission deadlines apply to the 2022 tax period:
- Non-advised taxpayers: 10/02/2023
- Advised taxpayers: 31.7.2024
The following submission deadlines apply to the 2023 tax period:
- Non-advised taxpayers: 2.9.2024
- Advised taxpayers: 2.6.2025
The following submission deadlines apply to the 2024 tax period:
- Non-advised taxpayers: 31.7.2025
- Advised taxpayers: 30.4.2026
For the 2025 tax period, the statutory submission deadlines apply again:
- Non-advised taxpayers (§ 149 Para. 2 Sentence 1 AO): July 31, 2026
- Advised taxpayers (§ 149 Paragraph 3 AO): 03/01/2027
For information on the obligation to file income tax returns for employees, see the links.
In addition to the information and acceptance point of the responsible tax office, the information and acceptance points of the other Hamburg tax offices can also be visited. The non-responsible tax office has no access to the procedure and inquiries about the specific tax case cannot be answered.
- If you are required to file an income tax return, the deadline is July 31st. of the following year
- You can apply for an extension of the deadline by stating objective aspects