Federal state

Please select in which federal state you work. Based on your selection, our calculator can correctly consider the different holidays when determining the working days.

The public holidays in Germany are generally determined by the individual federal states. Only the day of German reunification as a national holiday on 3 October was set by the Federal Government.

All other holidays were determined by the federal states. However, there are eight public holidays that exist in all 16 federal states.

In addition to these national public holidays, eleven countries have defined additional public holidays.

Working days per week

Select here how many working days per week you are working.

Common values ​​are here:

• 5-day week: 230 working days per calendar year
• 6-day week: 280 working days per calendar year

If the tax return states more than 230 or 280 working days, you can expect the tax office to check your details.

However, some tax offices only recognize 220 days. The Munich Tax Court has calculated the exact amount and confirmed that the tax offices should check off 230 days. Judges subtract 104 Saturdays and Sundays and 11 public holidays from 365 days a year. If 20 days of vacation are still deducted, exactly 230 working days remain. In leap years, there are 231 working days (FG Munich from 12/12/2008,13 K 4371/07, rkr.).

For which period do you want to determine the working days?

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Start date

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End date

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Should days be deducted for holidays, illness?

Specify the days that are not to be included in the selected period. These include among others:

• Holidays
• Sick days
• Days of job-related training

The number of days of absence specified here will be deducted from the number of working days determined.

Should days be added, e. g. due to work on Sundays and public holidays?

If you have also worked on Sundays and public holidays, you must specify these days separately.

The number of Sundays and public holidays is then added to the number of working days determined.