If you are not obliged to submit a tax return and you will receive a refund of less than 50 Euro, the submission of your next tax return is free of charge.
You will automatically receive a coupon for a tax return as soon as your tax assessment notice (Steuerbescheid) is received.
In 2020, 3.3 million objections were filed to tax assessment notices – and most of them were well justified! More than two-thirds of the objections were – at least partially – successful for the taxpayers! Once you have finally received your tax assessment notice (Steuerbescheid), it should in any case be closely examined and checked for errors. It is usually not a good idea to simply put the income tax assessment notice in the file without thoroughly examining it.
