Tax deadlines

German tax deadlines 2028

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 2028

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
January 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	December 2027	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 453 days
January 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q4 2027	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 453 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
February 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	January 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 484 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
March 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	February 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 513 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
April 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	March 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 544 days
April 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q1 2028	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 544 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
May 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	April 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 574 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
June 12, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	May 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 607 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
July 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	June 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 635 days
July 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q2 2028	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 635 days
July 31, 2028	Einkommensteuererklärung (Selbsterklärung) *	2027	Individual, International, and Freelancer	in 656 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
August 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	July 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 666 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
September 11, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	August 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 698 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
October 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	September 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 727 days
October 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q3 2028	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 727 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
November 10, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	October 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 758 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
December 11, 2028	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	November 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 789 days

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.