Hello...my question would be whether a severance payment always has to be taxed by the employer or if I can also have it paid out gross, in order to then declare the amount myself in the tax return for the year of payment, along with other income, wh...
Choice of tax class in combination with separate assessment. Basic data: Married Tax classes: me 3, my wife 5 Income 2019: I earned 20,000 gross salary (January and February), plus 100,000 severance pay (gross). My wife earns 4,600 per month. Questi...
Good day, Issue: In 2016: completely unemployed, received 17,500 euros in unemployment benefits, received a severance payment of 10,000 euros; Tax office now demands a payment of almost 1,100 euros. Is this legal? If we deduct work-related expenses ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am currently living in Germany with my family. Several months ago, I reached a settlement with my employer in court after 30 years of service. I have been receiving my salary as usual. The question now is when and whether I shou...
I have a few tax-related questions. I will be unemployed as of 01.01.2016. My wife is still working. I will receive a severance payment of €99,998.00 gross in January 2016 retroactively paid out according to § 34 EStG. My wife had a gross annual s...
Good morning, I have questions regarding severance pay and reducing the expected tax burden. Background: I have reached a judicial settlement with my current employer, in which they will pay me my salaries until the end of 2015 as severance pay in c...
Salary in 2015: January to March: 20K€ Severance pay at the end of March: 180K Work-related expenses in 2015: 50K (I plan to start an MBA in September 2015) My specific question: How is the net salary (or the income tax to be paid) for 2015 calcula...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have been receiving sick pay since 10/10/2014 and it looks like I will still be ill for the whole year (2015). My employer has now terminated my employment as of 31/05/2015 and we have agreed on a severance payment of €30,000. I...
Good day: Here is my situation.. My employment is terminated on the initiative of the employer for operational reasons by mutual agreement as of 30.09.2015. Until that date, I am released from work with continued payment of my current salary. An seve...
I was offered a severance agreement with a payout by December 31, 2014. I can choose the date of the payout for 2014, 2015, or 2016. Since I am expecting other income in 2015 (a temporary employment in another company), I wanted to choose the payout ...
Can my severance payment of 350,000 euros in January 2014 be exchanged according to the fifth regulation with tax class 1 by marrying someone with tax class 3, and when will the approximately 35,000 euros be refunded? Best regards...
I will terminate my employment relationship by way of a termination agreement/severance payment by 31.12.13. The severance payment in the amount of approximately 190,000.00 EUR will be paid out in January 2014. I will take advantage of the fifth prov...
Hello, I have a question regarding the tax treatment of severance payments. My professional situation is as follows: I work in a large corporation in a department where, due to the current workload, I am not able to fully develop. In other words, I ...
I am currently on parental leave. In the meantime, my employer has publicly advertised my position and has now offered me a termination agreement in which the employment relationship will be terminated by the end of the year, three months before the ...
Hello, my employer has offered me a termination agreement with a severance payment. I have been on parental leave for several years (with 2 children) and had no parental benefits in the last year, so no income. The severance payment would be 5400€, n...
Hello, I have a question regarding tax returns for severance payments. In the last 10 years, I have not filed a tax return and I am now wondering if it would be advisable in my case to file a tax return and if I can expect a refund, or if I may pote...
Hello and good day, After my timely termination on 28.02.13, I received the agreed severance payment of 35,000 euros from my employer, along with the February salary, as ordered by the labor court. Unfortunately, I cannot determine if the amount was...
On 07.02.2013, I was 53 years old and had been with the company for 16 years when I attended the conciliation hearing at the labor court. A settlement was reached by mutual agreement, in which it was determined that my former employer must pay me my ...
Hello, I had an income tax class III of approximately 32,000 euros from 01.01.12 to 31.05.12. In addition, I received a severance payment of approximately 150,000 euros in my May paycheck. My wife, in tax class V, earned approximately 33,000 euros ...
Good day, I am married and I lost my job in June 2012. I received a severance payment of 160,000 euros (fifth provision), of which approximately 50,000 euros were deducted as income tax. Since then, I have been unemployed. Now the question is, how m...
Hello, here is my situation: In 2011, I only taxed a severance payment with the 1/5 rule in Germany, otherwise I had NO income in Germany. After that, I had various stays abroad until I established an employment relationship in Austria from 1.3.20...
Good day. We are three shareholders with each 33 percent ownership in a GmbH. All three persons are employed as managing directors with taxable salary. I now want to resign from both positions. According to an agreement between the shareholders, I am...
Next year (2013) I will receive a severance payment of 160 TEUR, for which the five-fifths rule should apply (concentration). I am married, my wife has no income. For example: My income from work in 2012 is 70 TEUR. Next year, I do not plan to have ...
Good day, I have been terminated due to operational reasons as of December 31, 2012. According to the discussions so far, I am expected to receive a severance payment of 17,000 euros in 2013. This means that I will then be in tax class 1. My annual ...
Hello, I will be leaving a company at the end of this month with a severance payment. The severance payment will be taxed using the "Fünftelregelung". As of 01.06.2012, I have registered a small business (up to 17500 Euro/year) in the field of soft...
