Tax deadlines

German tax deadlines 2024

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 2024

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
January 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	December 2023	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	1008 days ago
January 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q4 2023	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	1008 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
February 12, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	January 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	975 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
March 11, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	February 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	947 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
April 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	March 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	917 days ago
April 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q1 2024	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	917 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
May 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	April 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	887 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
June 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	May 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	856 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
July 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	June 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	826 days ago
July 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q2 2024	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	826 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
August 12, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	July 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	793 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
September 02, 2024 ~~originally due July 31, 2024~~	Einkommensteuererklärung (Selbsterklärung) *	2023	Individual, International, and Freelancer	772 days ago
September 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	August 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	764 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
October 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	September 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	734 days ago
October 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q3 2024	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	734 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
November 11, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	October 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	702 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
December 10, 2024	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	November 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	673 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.