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Actual working days in the calendar year in Germany and abroad

If the decree on employment abroad (ATE) is applied, the salary must be divided according to calendar days. The calendar days spent abroad should be compared to the annual number of calendar days.

If an employment relationship did not last continuously in the course of the assessment period, the calendar days of employment are decisive, not the annual calendar days.

If you do not enter a value here, the programme will automatically insert the value "365".

The work performed

Please enter the work you performed, for example, a professional lorry driver, staff on ships or aircraft, position in a company's corporate body, etc.

Time period (from - to)

Enter the period during which you performed the job specified above.

The employment was

Select the type of employment that you had abroad:

  • As part of a work contract / a work performance obligation imposed by the employer.
  • As part of a commercial personnel leasing arrangement.
  • At a company affiliated with the employer's company.
  • For business premises belonging to the employer, as specified in the double taxation agreement.
  • For a foreign employer, with whom there is/was an employment relationship.
  • In connection with another type of work activity.

If none of the above points apply to you, please select "As part of another occupation" and provide additional information about your work abroad.

Calendar days abroad

Enter the number of days you spent in the foreign country (including days on which you did not work). A brief visit counts as a full day.

The time spent abroad does not have to consist of an uninterrupted stay with consecutive days; multiple visits can be added together. If the visit covers several calendar years, specify the entire period of the stay abroad.

Days that are spent exclusively outside the country of occupation, are not counted. Please add an explanatory list if necessary (e.g. travel expenses).

For professional drivers, a list with an hourly list of work abroad is always required.

If you work in Belgium or Denmark, only the days on which you actually stayed to work in the other country are counted. However, in relation to Belgium, usual breaks in work (Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays) must be counted, even if you have not spent them in the country in which you work.

Exception: If you perform your job on board a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic, information about residency days is not required. This exception applies only to the countries for which the double taxation agreement (DBA) contains a special scheme for the taxation of personnel on board ships or aircraft operated in international traffic.

Contractually agreed working days in 2025

Please enter the total number of contractually agreed working days in 2025.

The contractually agreed working days are all days on which you were obliged to work under your employment contract. These are the calendar days minus the days on which you are not obliged to work (e.g. holidays, public holidays, weekends).

of which days in 2025 with foreign tax law applicable

Please enter the number of working days on which the foreign state has the right to tax your wages according to the double taxation agreement (DTA).

Working days are:

  • All contractually agreed working days (weekdays, excluding weekends, public holidays, leave or sick days),
  • on which you actually worked or were obliged to work.

Note: Please check the relevant DTA carefully, as only the conditions specified there are decisive.

Special DTA regulations 

Some DTAs contain special counting rules for working days that deviate from the usual procedure. These special regulations state that working days outside the foreign state may also be counted – as long as certain limits specified in the DTA are not exceeded.

Such special regulations are not automatically recognised by the tax office. Therefore, to be on the safe side, write a short note about this in your tax return.

Example: Under the 34-day rule  in the DTA between Germany and Luxembourg, the right to tax remains with Luxembourg if you work no more than 34 days outside Luxembourg. For example, if you worked 29 days in Germany, still enter the full 260 working days – and not just 231 days, as the right to tax remains fully with Luxembourg.

Was there an interruption to the work abroad?

If there was an interruption to your work abroad during 2025, select "Yes".

Reason for the interruption

Enter the reason for the interruption to your work abroad.

Time period (from - to)

Enter the time period of interruption to your work abroad.

Reason

Here you can specify another reason for the activity performed abroad.

Do you want to provide data about the host company?

To provide information about the host company, select "yes."

Company name

Enter the name of the affiliated company, the business establishment or the borrower.

Street and house number

Enter here the address of the receiving company.