Specify the period in which you were resident in Germany in 2018.

Enter the total amount of foreign income that is not subject to German income tax. The income to be declared is the income received minus the expenses claimed.

Example: You have earned income abroad as an employee from January to July 2018. To determine the foreign income, you should deduct the foreign income-related expenses actually incurred in full from the foreign income (here: the foreign gross income).

Under German tax law, foreign income is only taken into account when calculating the tax rate that is applied to your taxable German income (progression clause).

The foreign income must be determined in accordance with German tax law. In accordance with section 34d of the Income Tax Act (EStG), the total foreign income is comprised of:

• Income from agriculture and forestry carried on in a foreign state,
• Income from commercial business abroad,
• Income from self-employment carried out abroad,
• Income from the sale of assets abroad,
• Income from employment abroad,
• Income from capital assets if the debtor has a residence, management or registered office abroad or if the capital assets are secured by foreign real estate,
• Income from renting and leasing abroad and
• Other income earned abroad.

Here you will find an overview of the exchange rates on an annual basis for the most important foreign currencies.

Select the country from which the foreign income that is not subject to German income tax originates.

Enter the total amount of foreign income that was not subject to German income tax. If you had no income abroad, enter a "0" here.

When applying for unlimited tax liability and for the application of personal and family-related tax benefits, the amount of foreign income earned during the time abroad that was not subject to German income tax must be examined.

Wages in foreign currency must be converted on a monthly basis using the Euro reference rate of the European Central Bank. The monthly conversion rates are determined by the Federal Ministry of Finance.

However, no objections will be raised if the wage payments received in a foreign currency are converted on the basis of an annual conversion rate - calculated from the VAT reference rates published monthly, rounded down to a full 50 cents. (The letter of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) dated 14.12.2014).

This income must be taken into account when determining the tax rate (so-called "progression clause). This means that the income is used to determine your tax rate, which is then applied to your taxable income.

Specify whether you invested in a corporation or cooperative within the meaning of section 17 of the Income Tax Act (EStG) in 2018.

If you have one or more other residence(s) abroad in addition to the current address you have already entered, you can enter it on the following page.

If you are a member of the civil service without domicile or habitual residence in Germany, you can still claim family-related tax benefits if you work on official duty outside the EU or the EEA.

Enter the foreign capital income that is subject to withholding tax or would be subject to withholding tax in Germany.

When applying for unlimited tax liability and for the application of personal and family-related tax benefits, the amount of foreign income earned during the time abroad that was not subject to German income tax must be examined.

Wages in foreign currency must be converted on a monthly basis using the Euro reference rate of the European Central Bank. The monthly conversion rates are determined by the Federal Ministry of Finance.

However, no objections will be raised if the wage payments received in a foreign currency are converted on the basis of an annual conversion rate - calculated from the VAT reference rates published monthly, rounded down to a full 50 cents. (The letter of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) dated 14.12.2014).

Indicate the extraordinary income according to sections 34 and 34b of the Income Tax Act (EStG). The income must not be subject to German income tax.

Extraordinary income includes in particular:

• Payments for work for many years
• Сapital gains
• Compensation within the meaning of section 24 no. 1 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)

Extraordinary income must be taken into account when determining the tax rate, the so-called progression clause (Progressionsvorbehalt). This means that one-fifth of your income is included in the calculation of your tax rate, but not in the calculation of your taxable income.

Provide information here only if you moved to Germany or abroad in the course of 2018.

Enter "yes" here if your residence after leaving Germany was at least temporarily in an area with low taxation (low tax country).

If you answer "yes" to the question, your tax office will check whether there is an extended limited tax liability. In this case, after leaving Germany, you will still be subject to limited income tax for 10 years on all your income (taxation of capital appreciation on taking up residence abroad pursuant to sect. 2 of the Foreign Taxation Act (Außensteuergesetz)) which is not foreign income within the meaning of sect. 34c para. 1 of the Income Tax Act (EStG).

When does low taxation apply abroad?

A low-taxing area according to sect. 2, para. 2 of the Foreign Taxation Act (AStG) is a country in which the income tax for a single taxpayer with a notional taxable income of 77.000 Euro is more than one-third lower than in Germany. In addition, a low-taxing area may exist if the taxpayer is granted preferential taxation by the state.

In case of doubt, the Federal Central Tax Office will clarify whether the country in question is a low-tax country (see also the letter of the Federal Ministry of Finance dated 14.05.2004: Guidelines for the application of the Foreign Tax Act).

Enter data here only if you have moved away from Germany to another country in the course of 2018.

Select "yes" if you want to apply for family-related tax benefits.

If the necessary conditions are met, you can claim family-related tax benefits, i.e. you are entitled to the allowances for children and can claim pension expenses and exceptional costs that are relevant to you.

If the unlimited tax liability was terminated in 2018 (e.g. by leaving Germany), then select "yes".

A person subject to limited tax liability can be treated as a person with unlimited tax liability (fully taxable) upon request. In the case of unlimited tax liability, personal and family-related tax benefits can be granted.

Therefore, as a rule, being treated as a fully taxable person leads to a lower tax.

The following income with a limited tax liability of foreign remuneration creditors (sect. 49 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)) is subject to the tax withholding procedure pursuant to sect. 50a of the Income Tax Act (EStG):

• Income earned from artistic, sporting, performative, entertaining or similar activities performed in Germany (e.g. entry fees, royalties, prize money, remuneration for participation in talk shows) as well as their domestic use.
• Income from the transfer of rights used in Germany, such as licenses and copyrights (film rights, music rights, patent rights, etc.) but also from a commercial, technical, scientific and similar experience, knowledge and skills ("know-how").
• Income from supervisory board duties at domestic companies.

The debtors of the remuneration paid are obliged to withhold, pay and declare taxes. The Federal Central Tax Office is responsible for carrying out the tax deduction procedure.

Select "yes" if you moved to Germany or moved abroad in 2018. If this is not the case, select "no".

If you had your residence partially in Germany and partially abroad during the tax year, you were not fully taxable in Germany for the entire year. For the period that you lived in Germany, you are a fully taxable person.

The foreign income received beyond this period and which is not liable to German income tax is taken into account in the calculation of income tax (so-called "progression clause" (Progressionsvorbehalt)).

Select "yes" if you had your residence or habitually resided abroad for the whole year 2018.

If you do not have a residence or do not habitually reside in Germany, you will be treated, upon application, as fully taxable if at least 90% of your income is subject to German income tax or if the income not subject to German income tax in 2018 does not exceed 9.000 Euro; this amount will be reduced as follows depending on the group of countries:

• for countries in country group 2 by 25% to 6.750 Euro
• for countries in country group 3 by 50% to 4.500 Euro
• for countries in country group 4 by 75% to 2.250 Euro.

If you had your residence or habitually resided abroad during the tax year, received domestic income and wish to take advantage of the personal and family tax benefits, you must complete the following information in order to be treated as a fully taxable person in Germany.

This is also possible if your spouse was a resident or had a habitual residence in an EU/EEA country during the tax year, but you are a fully taxable person in Germany or treated as a fully taxable person upon application.

Please select "yes" if you want to be treated as fully taxable.

If you do not have a residence or do not habitually reside in Germany, you will be treated, upon application, as fully taxable if at least 90% of your income is subject to German income tax or if the income not subject to German income tax in 2018 does not exceed 9.000 Euro; this amount will be reduced as follows depending on the group of countries:

• for countries in country group 2 by 25% to 6.750 Euro
• for countries in country group 3 by 50% to 4.500 Euro
• for countries in country group 4 by 75% to 2.250 Euro.

Income that is not subject to German income tax must be proven by a statement from the relevant tax authority in your home country. If you are a citizen of a member state of the European Union (EU) or of the EEA states Liechtenstein, Norway or Iceland and reside in one of these states, use the form "Statement EU / EEA" and the form "Statement outside EU / EEA".

If you are a citizen of an EU/EEA country, you can claim personal and family-related tax benefits, including the following benefits:

• Special expenses deduction for maintenance payments to your divorced or permanently separated spouse if the spouse is resident or habitually resides in an EU/EEA country or in Switzerland and the taxation of the maintenance payments is proven by a statement from the foreign tax authority.
• Long-term provision payments based on special obligation reasons, compensation payments as part of the pension rights adjustments as well as financial settlements to avoid the pension rights adjustment, if the recipient of the benefit or payment is resident or habitually resides in an EU/EEA state or in Switzerland and the recipient's taxation is verified by a foreign tax authority statement.

As a citizen of an EU/EEA country, you can also claim spouse-related benefits (in particular spouse splitting) if your spouse is not permanently separated and resident in an EU/EEA country or Switzerland. The prerequisite is that at least 90% of the joint income of the spouses is subject to German income tax or that the income not subject to German income tax in 2018 does not exceed 18.000 Euro. Depending on the country, the amount may be reduced by 25% (Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Cyprus) or by 50% (Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Hungary).

Please select "yes" if you earned foreign income in 2018.

Income that is not subject to German income tax must be proven by a statement from the relevant tax authority in your home country. If you are a citizen of a member state of the European Union (EU) or of the EEA states Liechtenstein, Norway or Iceland and reside in one of these countries, use the form "Statement EU / EEA", otherwise the form "Statement outside EU / EEA".