Tax deadlines

German tax deadlines 2025

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 2025

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
January 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	December 2024	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	642 days ago
January 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q4 2024	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	642 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
February 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	January 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	611 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
March 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	February 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	583 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
April 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	March 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	552 days ago
April 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q1 2025	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	552 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
May 12, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	April 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	520 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
June 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	May 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	491 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
July 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	June 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	461 days ago
July 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q2 2025	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	461 days ago
July 31, 2025	Einkommensteuererklärung (Selbsterklärung) *	2024	Individual, International, and Freelancer	440 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
August 11, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	July 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	429 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
September 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	August 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	399 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
October 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	September 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	369 days ago
October 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q3 2025	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	369 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
November 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	October 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	338 days ago

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
December 10, 2025	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	November 2025	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	308 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.