Landungsbrücken

Hamburg-Harburg tax office

Income tax return, obligation to provide receipts

In principle, no receipts or separate statements have to be submitted with the tax return. However, the receipts must be kept for any queries from the tax office. If, for example, expenses are incurred for the first time, it may be necessary to submit...

In principle, no receipts or separate statements have to be submitted with the tax return. However, the receipts must be kept for any queries from the tax office.
If, for example, expenses are incurred for the first time, it may be necessary to submit receipts for processing the tax return. In such cases, the tax office will request the receipts.
The obligation to keep receipts applies from the income tax return for the year 2017.

Important notes

Please note

Receipts are only to be submitted with the income tax return if this is expressly indicated in the forms and instructions. Incidentally, the receipts must be kept (obligation to retain receipts) and only submitted when requested by the tax office.
Receipts can generally be submitted by post, e-mail, fax or by handing them in in person to the tax office. As a rule, it is not necessary to submit original receipts.

Procedure & Fees

Fees

No

Legal notes

Legal basis

Law on the modernization of the taxation procedure of July 18, 2016 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1679)

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Address and contact information

Phone

115

Opening hours

Mon - Tue 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Thurs 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Wednesdays and Fridays

Facility info

Mensch in einem Rollstuhl Accessible

Postfach 90 03 52, 21043 Hamburg. Briefkasten vorhanden. Behinderteneingang rechts neben dem Haupteingang. Bei der ersten Leerung des Tages wird als Eingang das Datum des vorherigen Werktages (Samstag kein Werktag) auf den Schreiben vermerkt.

Public transport

S3 / S31 / Busse Harburg Town Hall

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