Applying for a change of tax class during marriage or civil partnership
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Steuern und Abgaben
Procedure
If you and your partner would like to change your tax class, you can submit an application to your local tax office:
Online via the ELSTER portal:
- You can submit the declaration to the tax office online via ELSTER.
- ELSTER is a barrier-free and platform-independent access to the electronic services of the tax administration.
- You need a certificate for the electronically authenticated transmission. You will receive this following your registration on ELSTER.
- Please note that the registration process can take up to 2 weeks.
Written application:
- Complete the form "Application for income tax reduction and for income tax deduction features". You can find the application form under "Further information" - "Forms".
- To change the tax class, you must also complete the "Tax class change" attachment contained in the form.
- Complete the application on the electronic device or print it out by hand.
- You and your wife or husband must sign applications in paper form by hand. By way of derogation, the signature of one spouse/partner is sufficient if he/she is applying for a change from tax class III or V to tax class IV.
- Send the application and attachments by post to your local tax office.
- You will receive a notification
