Filing tax returns for previous years
You have not filed a tax return in the last few years? If you were not required to, you can catch up voluntarily.
How far back?
For voluntary returns there is usually a deadline of four years after the end of the tax year. The app shows which years you can still file when you start.
Finding your documents
Wage tax certificates are often in your payslip documents or available as electronic data at ELSTER. With an activation code you can take this data into the app.
One flow for all years
Start several years at once, take unchanged details over to the next year and see the estimate for every year and in total.
No risk with a voluntary return
If the calculation results in a back payment, a voluntary return can be withdrawn within the objection period. If in doubt whether this is possible in your case, ask the tax office.
General information, not individual tax advice. Status of these texts: draft, professional review pending.