Tax deadlines

German tax deadlines 2029

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 2029

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
January 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	December 2028	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 819 days
January 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q4 2028	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 819 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
February 12, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	January 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 852 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
March 12, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	February 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 880 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
April 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	March 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 909 days
April 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q1 2029	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 909 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
May 11, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	April 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 940 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
June 11, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	May 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 971 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
July 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	June 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1000 days
July 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q2 2029	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 1000 days
July 31, 2029	Einkommensteuererklärung (Selbsterklärung) *	2028	Individual, International, and Freelancer	in 1021 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
August 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	July 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1031 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
September 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	August 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1062 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
October 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	September 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1092 days
October 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q3 2029	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 1092 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
November 12, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	October 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1125 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
December 10, 2029	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	November 2029	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1153 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.