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Change tax class after resumption of marital or civil partnership

If you are no longer permanently separated from your spouse/partner, you are again entitled to the tax class combination III/V, IV/IV or IV/IV with a factor.

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Important notes

Prerequisites

Resumption of the marital / civil partnership of spouses / civil partners after permanent separation.

Documents required

Form 'Declaration on the resumption of the marriage/life partnership' with tax identification number and signature of both spouses/life partners.

Note: If the application form is signed by both spouses/partners, only one spouse/partner needs to be present when applying in person.

You also have the option of creating and sending the application via ELSTER.

Please note

Hamburg citizens can contact any regional tax office in Hamburg for ELStAM matters.
The registration offices are responsible for changing the civil status data in the register (e.g. marriage, birth).

Deadlines

The family-friendly tax bracket is allocated at the beginning of the month in which the separation was lifted.

Procedure & Fees

Procedure

For the notification of the end of the separation and the corresponding change in the tax class, please contact the responsible tax office or use the corresponding application from the online tax office ELSTER.

Fill out the officially prescribed form immediately and submit it to your responsible tax office.
The family-friendly tax classes are then already taken into account in the wage tax deduction procedure.

Processing time

The application will be processed as soon as possible.

Fees

Legal notes

Legal remedies

objection

Legal basis

Section 39e Income Tax Act (EStG)

Downloads & Links

Links on the Internet

Service description

If you and your spouse or life partner resume the marital / civil partnership after a permanent separation, you are again entitled to the family-friendly tax classes III / V, IV / IV or IV / IV with factor.

The family-friendly tax bracket can then already be taken into account in the wage tax deduction procedure. It will be taken into account at the beginning of the month in which the separation ended.

If tax class II was taken into account for you and / or your permanently separated spouse / partner while living separately, this does not apply when the family-friendly tax classes are assigned.

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Address and contact information

Address

Hamburg-Altona tax office
Holstenplatz 18 22765 Hamburg

Opening hours

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

Information and collection point: Mon 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tue 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thurs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wed and Fri closed

When visiting the tax office, an FFP2 mask is required . Please also remember to keep a minimum distance of 1.5 meters.

Facility info

Accessible

Postfach 50 04 71, 22704 Hamburg. Briefkasten vorhanden. Bei der ersten Leerung des Tages wird als Eingang das Datum des vorherigen Werktages (Samstag kein Werktag) auf den Schreiben vermerkt.

Public transport

S11 / S21 / S31 / A1 buses X3 / 3/20/25/115/180/183 Holstenstrasse

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