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My tax assessment is wrong or I cannot pay the additional tax

Your income tax assessment differs from your return, the tax office estimated your income, a late-filing surcharge was imposed or the additional tax is too high: how to keep the objection deadline, have payment suspended or deferred, and what helps with a reminder or an attachment.

How the roadmap works. Answer the questions. Your roadmap is built from them. It shows by when you must act, what an objection looks like and how to deal with additional tax to pay. Important: an objection costs no fee and at first needs no reasons. But it does not stop your duty to pay. There are separate applications for that.

Your answers are not stored or transmitted; they only appear in your browser's address bar. Anyone who shares the link also shares the answers. Legal position as of November 2026: Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung; deemed notification 4 days after § 122 Abs. 2 and § 122a Abs. 4 AO, objection §§ 347 ff., interest §§ 233a–238, late-payment surcharge § 240, enforcement §§ 249 ff.), Income Tax Act (§ 36 Abs. 4, § 37 Abs. 3), Code of Finance Court Procedure, Court Costs Act, Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO; attachment exemption thresholds 2026, valid 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027).

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