Tax deadlines

German tax deadlines 2031

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 2031

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
January 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	December 2030	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1549 days
January 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q4 2030	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 1549 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
February 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	January 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1580 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
March 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	February 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1608 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
April 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	March 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1639 days
April 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q1 2031	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 1639 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
May 12, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	April 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1671 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
June 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	May 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1700 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
July 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	June 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1730 days
July 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q2 2031	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 1730 days
July 31, 2031	Einkommensteuererklärung (Selbsterklärung) *	2030	Individual, International, and Freelancer	in 1751 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
August 11, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	July 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1762 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
September 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	August 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1792 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
October 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	September 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1822 days
October 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (vierteljährlich)	Q3 2031	Freelancer and Startup / SMB	in 1822 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
November 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	October 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1853 days

Due on	Filing	Period	Applies to	Deadline
December 10, 2031	USt-Voranmeldung (monatlich)	November 2031	Freelancer, Startup / SMB, and Enterprise	in 1883 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.