Tax deadlines

German tax deadlines 2022

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 2022

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
January 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	December 2021	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1738 days ago
January 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q4 2021	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1738 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
February 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	January 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1707 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
March 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	February 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1679 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
April 11, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	March 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1647 days ago
April 11, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q1 2022	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1647 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
May 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	April 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1618 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
June 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	May 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1587 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
July 11, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	June 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1556 days ago
July 11, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q2 2022	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1556 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
August 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	July 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1526 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
September 12, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	August 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1493 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
October 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	September 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1465 days ago
October 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q3 2022	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1465 days ago
October 31, 2022 ~~originally due August 01, 2022~~	Einkommensteuererklärung (Selbsterklärung) *	2021	Individual, International, and Freelancer	1444 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
November 10, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	October 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1434 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
December 12, 2022	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	November 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1402 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.