You are very helping person for German expatriate

Thank very much bro!! love you from Dresden :)

Hi Jibran, Thank you for this amazin video. I have a quick question. I did my masters from Oct-2018 to oct-2021. Since Nov-2021 I have been working. To add loss carry forward of my university fees and semester fee shoud I file my taxes for 2018 or should I do it for 2019? Also, under the AUSGABE, there seems to no longer be an option for entering the "Semestergebühren" unless I click on the checkbox that either says "Zweitausbildung". Have there been any changes? Thanks in adavance.

Thankyou so much jibran for such useful demo and information. I wanted to ask, if as a student we want to apply for tax returns of 3 past years, shall we use another tax app rather than wundertax or we can still do that with wundertax too? Asking, as i read on google, and also a bit about how tax fix allows you to apply for several years together.

Hello I have 2 questions about this , as I am filling the tax return the refunded amount did not change since the first step which was only the amount of my income tax 530 Euro from my part-time job, so all the expenses I added later like education cost , transportation ... were not added above is that because my income tax is something fixed and the other cost the tax office will have to review and see what costs will be counted or refunded fully for me or there is a problem , my 2nd question is a question I keep getting regarding degrees obtained before 2021 , I did get my bachelor degree before 2021 but it was outside of Germany so do they mean by this question only degrees obtained in Germany or overall , thanks in advance and great work as always this is really helpful

Amazing video, thanks a lot! I still have a curiosity though. After filing in my first tax return (for 2015) it turns out that it is much lower than what you get back, while the values that I filled in are quite similar to yours. Would you have any clue if the website is nowadays charging more for their service? It just somehow doesn't feel right..

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Hello Jibran, Thank you so much for such a nice and informative video. I need to file my tax for 2018 when i was student. In 2018 I worked parttime and taxes deducted in year just showing 5 euro in lohnbescheinigung. Since after studies i am searching job rightnow so i dont have 9000 euro income in 2022. Should I file for loss carryforward for 2018 or just normal tax filing? Also can I get student benefits of 2018 or not? Since I will be in 5th year in 2023 when i get job then will i be benefited with this 2018 tax filing rightnow if its losscarryforward? Please let me know as sson as possible as only few days left for tax filing of 2018. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the video. Question please: If you do your tax returns every year as an expat in Germany, do you still need to do it again in the end when you leave the country for good?

Hello Jibran, Thank you for such a nice video and explanation. I better need to understand my case for filling tax returns. I started working as research in August 2018 and living in student apartment with Tax class 1 then in April 2019 i changed my status from single to married and moved out from that place. Now i need to know show i file tax returns separately i.e. (Aug18 to Apr 19) and (Apr 19 to Present) or make it combine i.e (Aug18 to Present). Thank you, I am looking forward for your suggestions.

Hello Jibran, Thanks for the informative video! I have a small question for you. I had done Jobs with multiple employers in year 2016 and 2017 as a student. Some of these Jobs had a Steuerklasse 6. Till date I haven't applied for a tax return. Now I want to apply for year 2016, then do I have to pay the "Late Fees" as I did't applied the tax return the very subsequent next year?

Thank you for your video. I do not know that student can claim back the tax before. I was a student from 2017 to 2020. But I did the tax clearance in 2019. Is that possible to do back 2017 to 2018 tax clearance ?

Hello bro, i have a question. What if I dont have the payslip or the final slip which is sent by employer. Because i worked for 3 months in amazon but i dont have the pay slip. Thank you

Hi Jibran, thanks a lot for the detailed info!! Some questions based on the following background: - I want to claim the tax return for my master studies for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. - I started working full time from September 2021. - I am planning to apply for tax return in the beginning of 2023 Question 1: While applying for the tax return for the 3 years via WunderTax as a student , in the 'income section' should I choose the option of: option 1= 'I have been identified as having a loss carry forward from the previous year and am able to claim any remaining losses this year' OR option 2= 'I received income as an employee' and fill up the info as per my Lohnsteuerbescheinigung individually for all three academic years (since I have started earning now)! Question 2: Once I apply for the tax return for the year 2021 as a student, would I be able to claim the tax return for 2021 as an employee again (after switching to the employee account)? Question 3: Given my case, when does it makes sense to apply for the tax return to get the most out of it? (My overall academic expenses for 3 years were around EUR 12000). If I apply now, would the tax office consider only the taxes I paid working for last year (only 4 months, Sep 2021 to Dec 2021)? Can you please advice when it would be best to claim such amount? Thanks a lot in advance!!!

Hi Jibran, thanks for your informative video. I still have a confusion. As I started my studies in 2017 and did some student jobs here and there in city X but now I have moved to a different city Y. In between I had different addresses as well. Since my job started only in 2021, I can file taxes for the years 2017-2020. 1) However, when I am filling my personal details, the address should be where I am currently registered to(city Y) right ? 2) Also, which tax office should I select for that year ? Should it be from City X or the one which the website automatically selects depending on my present address(in City Y) ? 3) When you are filing your tax returns through this website, I noticed that it says "Ausgaben (als Student)", wherever for me it is only as an employee, so it kind of doesn't give me an option for semester fee, rather it gives me an option if I had any contribution in associations such as alumni associations or so. Is there any particular setting that is needed to apply as a student ?

Hey. This is really a very informative video. I have one question here related to the Finanzamt column (shown at 2:44). I was a student last year and switched jobs in between. From Jan to September my Lohnsteuerbescheinigung has Finanzamt as Munich. And from October to December, I was doing two jobs. For the first job, Finanzamt is Koblenz and for the other one it is Kaiserslautern. While filling the tax return, in the Finanzamt column do I need to fill the one which is closest to me?

Hi Jibran, I started my student job in 2018. However, I have started my studies in Oct 2016. Can I claim all the expenses during the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 now? Or Should I do that separately per year however I never worked in 2016 and 2017 at all. Please provide your response for the same.

Salam ! Nice video jibran keep it up...! Please tell me that a person's earning should be 9000/ annum after tax deduction or before tax deduction? Thanks alot.

Thanks for such an informative video.I need clarification, if I can claim following:- a) Deutsch Kurs fees since I am attending language school along with my master studies B) Deutsch language books b). Membership fees paid for other libraries in city, I refer to write papers/ study material for my Masters

Hello ,thanks a lot for the video.! iwant to do return for 2017 but I am doing it in 2019, will it be a problem? And I gave changed my place now but in 2017 was a different place. So which address shall I give the current one or the one in 2017?

Hello Jibran, Thanks for your wonderful demo. I have a small question. Lets say a student wishes to apply for a tax return for two consecutive years like 2019 and 2020. So, Is he/she is supposed to repeat the process twice for whatever he could claim for that particular year , as you did in this video for 2017? Thanks

Thanks a ton for the video Jibran! Quick question: In 2018 I was a student, and didn't earn more than €9000 (total sum in the year). However, when I fill the details on the website, it says I would get some amount back after I start working ("nach Berufsstart"). Do I need to declare this amount in the tax return I file for 2019? Thanks again :)

Aoa Jibran bhai, I wanted to ask that in 2018, I was a student till september, then started full time job from october. In this case, should I fill studentensteuererklärung form? If yes, so should I add the bruttoarbeitslohn and everything in income part because I worked as a student too in that year.

Hello, I had question In 2018, I did my internship for 4 months and had move to a different city for internship, I added umzug but still in Wundertax it is showing me returns only on my internship money. Is it so, that if i earn a certain amount then I get the umzugs 700€ and 240€ for mobile and internet?

Hello, Thank you for the nice video. Please help me in understanding this further. (a)I would like to know (wrt Intro part of your videos): - If I now, (before June this year), file for taxes for example say 2015, 2016, 2017. - Can I come back after this financial year and file taxes for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021? (b) The costs for 3 years together on the suggested site would be less, compared to cost for filing for one year. Here 3 years implies 3 financial years ? eg. 2015, 2016, 2017 would be 3 years, or these could be combined into 1 tax filing form? Please let me know.

A question, I am having the amount 1000 euro, carry over from last two year. in 2018 my salary was above 9000 so I am eligible to get return but the carry over amount is not included in it. it only say 638 euros but instead it should say 1638. I am not able to understand why it is not adding the carry over from the last 2 years. Waiting for your ans. Thank you.

is it possible to apply tax return for the last 2-3 years tax at a time and in between you moved other city and can we apply for gebraucht electronic gadgets like laptop mobile! Thanks a lot for your hard work:)

Thank you Jibran for the informative video! My question is that I did steure erklärung as a student for the tax that was deducted due to 450+ earning and not for the semester ticket and other stuff. Now that I completed my studies and started my job in july 2019, can I do steure erklärung?, if yes then when should I? I mean jan2020? Thans in advance! P.S: I pay €13800 tax per annum.

Thanks a ton for the Video. Its really heplful indeed. After watching the video, i had a question. I was a student back in 2018 and doing part time job. My annnual income was close to 7k euros only. Shoud i input the Lohnsteur deatils while caliming the tax for 2018 ? In the Video you suggested to apply if the income close to 9k euros yearly. Thanks

Hello Jibran, I have been working in Germany as a student for many employers but i don't know exactly how much I earned brutto. So what amount should I put in the earnings? Secondly, i purchased a cell with tariff. Can i reclaim it?

Hello Sir, I am a student in Germany with a Master's and I had started in 2019 and I had done student jobs part and full time from 2019 till 2020. So wanted to know that is there any year limit for claiming the amount? For instance, together we can collect the tax amount just for 4 years or we can claim for more than 4 years. Also wanted to know is there any specific duration of claiming the tax amount or registering the file for the same? Thanks for the video helped a lot!!!

How would the finanzamt recognize that I was a student until this time and now I'm in jobseeker-status or working in a company?

Thanks so much, bro. This video has saved a lot of my time. I have the following questions: 1: I have filled the form in English. I still did not pay the money to Wundertax. So I am not sure whether the form I am supposed to submit to Finanzamt will be in German or English. Wouldn't it be a problem in case if I submit it is in the English language to Finanzamt? 2: I would like to fill for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. What is the final date (deadline) that I have to claim my tax before that in 2021?

Where to add if you have changed the places? I mean for Umzug kosten?

Should we apply for Tax return only when we start working full time? Or we can apply as a student also every year?

Thank you.

salam! the "write me" page on your website is returning with an error "submission rejected token invalid" constantly. is that a glitch or am i doing something wrong?

i guess you skip one point of Joint Statement if you are married. I am married and my wife is house wife and we have one child as well. Do i need to select this joint statement option or not?

I have a question: if you are a student and your salary is less than 9000 euros per year, can you still get all those lumpsum amounts and other amounts mentioned in part 1 of this video?

Hallo I started my masters here in Germany in 2014. I had a internship in year 2016. I filed tax return for 2016 in 2017. I would like to know if i can apply for Verlustvortrag for years 2014 and 2015? I have started working full time from 2018 and not yet filled a tax return for full time job. Is it possible for me to apply for verlustvortrag for years 2014 2015 as i filled a tax return for year 2016 but in year 2016 it was my iinternship income and not full time job income

Thankyou very much for this informative video. Since i am filling my tax returns for first time for year 2020, i have some queries as stated below 1) i have paid 2 times semester fees so i should add sum of both in semester fee contribution for year 2020. and in 2019 i have paid semester fees as well for my first sem when i started my masters , so that i have to claim in financial year 2019 or 2020? 2) you said something about previous year losses upto 110 euros. Can we claim that and if yes than under what category of the form it is to be filled ?

One year is the calendar year, right? 2017: Jan 2017 to Dec 2017.

We can apply every year or once our study over than we can do it ??

Hi Jibran, Thanks for the useful video. I have read pinned comment. But had a concrete question regarding wundertax. I was a student in Germany from 2015-2019. I started working fulltime from 2020. Question 1: Considerung 4 year rule you mentioned, Can i claim tax return from 2017-2019 as a student? Or can I claim also from 2015 (7 year rule for students) If yes, is it ~30 euros all together or ~30 euros per year? Question 2: For claiming tax returns as an employee in 2020, do i have to create a new wundertax account or can i use my student wundertax account only to file tax return? PS. I clicked on the link of your with student and employee option. But it is showing only as employee and no student. So i am a bit confused. Thank you very much in advance for your time.

Very informative video thanks!! I was a master student from Sep 2017 till Feb 2021, will begin my full time job from october. When is it a good time to file my tax returns? Kindly help

Hi Jibran, Thank you very much for sharing such an informative video. Glad to know that you also studied renewable energies. I have a few questions. Here is my general background for your info: - My masters study period: September 2019 to March 2021 - Started my full time job this year in September 2021 - I want to claim taxes for my academic period from September 2019 until now. Question a) Should I create an account as an employee or as an student on the wundertax website to claim my academic expenses? b) Can I claim the taxes for the year 2021 at the end of this year in December 2021 or should I apply in early January 2022 to claim taxes for all the previous years? Please share your valuable suggestions on how to move forward... :) Thank you very much in advance.

Hello Bro, Thanks for the video. I paid 4500 EUR per semester as tuition fee apart from the semester fee, Can you please guide where to mention that? Also, I have taken Education loan in my home country , is it possible to claim the interest ? If Yes, how?

Hi, i was working in germany till September, 2019. So can I file my tax online using wundertax? And will i still have to post any documents or can i just send it online?

ASW Bhai, I watched both the Part 1 and 2. I finished by Masters in April 2019 and started working in July 2019. I filled the forms on Wundertax for 2016, 2017 and 2018 as of now (just saved, have not sent it yet), the Erstattung for me shows as 0,00 (and in summary at the end too) but a small part of the amount shows below that (for example, total was 1250€ and 350€ is shown) and says this will be given once "Berufsstart" and rest is "Verlustvortrag". Any idea how to show or tell the website that I have started working and has been more than 7 months now?

I have a very technical question. it might be very simple for you but it is very complicated for me to get the right answer. I had worked for 3 years in Belgium and paid tax. I would like to add that time period in Germany as a taxpayer. could you please let me know if it is possible and how? if yes, please suggest a way... Thanks you so much for the nice post. Regards

Hello Jibran Bhai, i am filing my tax return. I did an internship in 2019, in the tex return form i am not able to find the section where i can put my internship days for 22 euro per day lum sum. IN the internship section its just for the traveling cost for internship, please tell me how i can claim 22 euros per day lum sum on internship

Thanks for video. I have not made tax return yet and my study is started in 2016 and finished in mid of 2019. Now i am doing full time job. How i can do the tax return?

Do we have to send the print of Pdf to finanzamt?I have done online procedure about 2 weeks ago but never sent the printed data to finanzamt.

Hello, I wanted to ask you how can I apply for tax return, bcs I was in germany this year with student premision and I worked there for 3 months and I payed taxes normaly everymonth. If you have any information for me I would be very thankfull .

Amazing Viedo and your efforts towards each and every comment is incredible. Keep it up brother. I have a totally different question . As I am right now in 2 year of bachelor(2021)and I came to Germany in 2019 as a language student on language visa .so during language classes I have done part time job and earned around 11k euros(brutto) . And then in year 2020 I have started my bachelor after finishing language . So I am able to claim tax of year 2019 in this year or maybe next year .,? will I get my language school fees, exam fees , laptop expense , mobile expense (because in 2019 I was a language school student ,not a official university student ) etc . Thanks in advance. Keep it brother !

When I enter mobile phone cost, it doesn't effect my overall expected tax. Why is that? Any idea? Using Wundertax!

Assalam o Alaikum Jibran Bhai, I am Bilal Aziz and I am a master student here since 2016, I saw your Student Tax KZfaq video and its really Informative. My question is I need to file the tax for 2017 and 2018 both, what is the best way to do it? Should I do it myself or go for a tax consultant? Bw I am working since 2017 as in many positions Intern / Werkstudent in different companies.? Awaiting reply Jazak'Allah kher

Salam, Bro i have claimed laptop( bought in 2017, 500 euro) but it does not make any difference in the amount which is to be reimbursed for tax in for 2018 or 2019. My study was completed in 19 and started the job in mid of 19. Now filing the tax returns for 1st time for 19 and 18 (i came in 2016 in Germany). In 2017, my earned income was under 6500 euro. Any suggestion to get the money for laptop?

Can we work more than 20 hrs/week in study visa

I lost my Lohnsteuerbeschinigung what should I do?

thanks for the video but just a quick question: I am trying to file tax return for 2016 but I did not work in 2016 (because I was a student). However I do have other expenses like electronics, tuition fees, etc. I filled those expenses but wundertax is showing me €0 as refund. Please suggest!

How many days will it take to get back the claim?

5€ discount on New account on the following websites (I used) ================================================== If you register a new account using the following links. You get a 5€ discount on your first tax declaration. Please keep that in mind this offer is only valid for new accounts not existing accounts. For Students (German version): bit.ly/2p84yun For Employee (German version): bit.ly/2mMmppU For Students & Employee(English version): bit.ly/2osBD3O It costs around 35€ / year but if you do 3 years together it will cost less... ============================================ Part 1: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJ-qbMySr9-Vh6M.html Part 2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/md14gruJnpqUdKc.html Part 3 (My Tax return): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ed1joplmr5ywpZ8.html Success Story: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMihoNyC152ahGw.html ======================================================================================================= A small addition recommended by a facebook user Faraz H. I will mention this stuff also in the next part of this video and also share my tax return. When do you have to pay tax in Germany? If your taxable income (more to this later) exceeds 9000€ single and 18000€ married in a calendar year. You pay tax For 2019 the tax-free allowance has increased to 9168€ single and 18336€ married per annum. Do students earn tax-free or get everything back? No, students also have to pay tax if their income is above tax-free allowance. When is the deadline to file a return? - May 31 of the following year for compulsory filers (people who had more than 1 source of income, who changed job, where the spouse is also working) - Four years for non-compulsory filers Why is tax deducted, why to file the return and what is taxable income? Your HR knows how much your monthly payment is and how much you will get paid in one particular year so they deduct tax monthly assuming it will stay the same and this is your actual taxable income and forward it to tax office. They also know if you are married or have kids, etc and consider these factors to have it more accurate. What tax office or your HR doesn't know are your werbungskosten (tax or work related expenses) like your monthly travel tickets to work, a laptop and a chair you bought for working from home or money you sent to your parents. So the main goal is to show maximum expenses to reduce your taxable income. E.g.: you earned 24000€ in 1 year and your HR deducted tax from your salary monthly seeing you earn 2000€. So your tax was deducted from 24000€. Now you file return and show that you sent 3000€ to your parents, you moved from one city to another and paid 2000€ for the transportation and renovation of a new place, you bought books, computers and paid for online courses another 2000€. So now you request by filing a return to the tax office to recalculate your return by deducting these expenses. So now if all expenses are accepted, the tax office will calculate the tax on your new taxable income (i.e. 24000-3000-2000-2000-tax free allowance-child free allowance, etc.) and give you back the difference. Can students claim their study costs of past years after they finish the study and start working (as the guy is suggesting in the video)? Not directly. They have to carry losses of every year forward to the next year (Verlustvortrag). That means if a student had study-related expenses and didn't earn in that year, he/she can file a Verlustvortrag and carry these expenses to next year and then to next year and then to another one for seven years (not four) and as soon as you earn good money you can take these expenses to that year. Keep in mind if you are a bachelor student, the chances are very low to carry your losses forward. You can carry only study-related costs to another year and not e.g. money you sent to parents. To carry forward your losses you have to file a tax return for each year like a normal tax filer with the same forms. How about sites like germantax.de? I know of many people who actually had no expense at all and did try to calculate return through online sites and it showed them back payment although they were suppose to get a return. I would never recommend someone to use these sites. You can always go to Lohnsteuerhilfeverein in your city to get it done cheaper. What costs can you add to lower your taxable income? Basic principle: Everything which has a connection to your work can be added as werbungskosten. If you buy a tie and suit to attend your friend's wedding, it is not accepted but if you buy a tie and a suit because you work in sales, bingo. The costs related to your studies (because studies are also connected to career), the money you sent home, charity, double household (if your spouse is living in another country), cost of family reunion, etc. are Sonderausgaben/Außergewöhnliche Belastung. Which can be added to tax declaration as well.