Tax deadlines

German tax deadlines 2023

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 2023

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
January 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	December 2022	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1373 days ago
January 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q4 2022	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1373 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
February 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	January 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1342 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
March 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	February 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1314 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
April 11, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	March 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1282 days ago
April 11, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q1 2023	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1282 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
May 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	April 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1253 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
June 12, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	May 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1220 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
July 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	June 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1192 days ago
July 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q2 2023	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1192 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
August 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	July 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1161 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
September 11, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	August 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1129 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
October 02, 2023 ~~originally due July 31, 2023~~	Einkommensteuererklärung (Selbsterklärung) *	2022	Individual, International, and Freelancer	1108 days ago
October 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	September 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1100 days ago
October 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q3 2023	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1100 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
November 10, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	October 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1069 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
December 11, 2023	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	November 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1038 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.