Tax deadlines

German tax deadlines 2021

When your tax return and VAT returns are due — the statutory dates for people who file for themselves.

Calendar year the deadline falls in

January 2021

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
January 11, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	December 2020	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	2102 days ago
January 11, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q4 2020	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	2102 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
February 10, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	January 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	2072 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
March 10, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	February 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	2044 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
April 12, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	March 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	2011 days ago
April 12, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q1 2021	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	2011 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
May 10, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	April 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1983 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
June 10, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	May 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1952 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
July 12, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	June 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1920 days ago
July 12, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q2 2021	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1920 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
August 10, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	July 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1891 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
September 10, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	August 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1860 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
October 11, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	September 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1829 days ago
October 11, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q3 2021	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1829 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
November 01, 2021 ~~originally due August 02, 2021~~	Einkommensteuererklärung (Selbsterklärung) *	2020	Individual, International, and Freelancer	1808 days ago
November 10, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	October 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1799 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
December 10, 2021	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	November 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1769 days ago

For these returns the deadline depends on who files. File it yourself and § 149 Abs. 2 AO applies; where a Steuerberater prepares it, § 149 Abs. 3 AO gives longer. Every other date in the table is the same either way.
A date falling on a weekend or a nationwide public holiday moves to the next working day (§ 108 Abs. 3 AO).
Where a deadline was extended by statute — such as the COVID-19 extensions in Art. 97 § 36 EGAO — the original date stands beside it, struck through. The info marker names the authority.
Only nationwide holidays are taken into account. Where the day is a public holiday in the Land your Finanzamt belongs to, the deadline ends correspondingly later.

This overview is not tax advice. For your own case, please confirm the dates with your Steuerberater or with the Finanzamt responsible for you.

Find a tax advisor — and the longer statutory deadlines apply to you.