Check the office responsible for you before you send a request
A tax certificate normally comes from the Finanzamt that is responsible for you, which is not always the one nearest to you. Certificates about money owed to a city come from its treasury instead. For each city you can see how its offices take requests, whether they want signed copies, and how the certificate reaches you.
Frankfurt am Main
Gutleutstraße 118–124, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
Apply in writing, with two copies, to support a claim for relief from foreign tax under a tax treaty.
Use the appropriate official foreign or German form. Identify the treaty country and requested period or date, and prepare two copies. Check any additional foreign-use certification separately. Keep your current tax correspondence available for enquiries.
Related services
For people who cannot cover rent, food or other basic costs. See whether the Sozialamt or the Jobcenter is your starting point and how to reach them.
For freelancers, sole traders and new business owners. See how tax registration works, what the Steuernummer is for and which tax office can help.
For people who already live in Germany and move to a new home. See how to update your registered address and which office takes it.
For students, workers and family members from outside the EU. See which office handles your stay and how applications start.
For anyone moving into a home in Germany from another country. See what the registration involves and which office in your city deals with it.
For anyone who has to show where they live. See what the certificate covers and which office in your city issues it.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Łódź, Wrocław, and Bydgoszcz
Most offices in Barakaldo, Barcelona, and Bilbao
Where to next
For anyone who needs written proof of their tax residence, tax standing or city debts. See which certificate fits and which office issues it.
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