You must submit your corporate income tax return authenticated electronically to the tax office. This also applies to the associated
- Tax balance sheet or commercial balance sheet with reconciliation statement and
- Profit and loss account.
Authentication is carried out by means of the Elster certificate. This certificate has the function of an electronic signature and serves security purposes. The certificate is intended to
- Confidentiality,
- Identity of the sender and
- Inalterability of the data content
of the data sent.
To obtain a certificate, you must register with My ELSTER. This requires several steps, e.g. sending the registration data, sending a confirmation e-mail by My ELSTER, sending the activation code by letter post. Register in good time so that you can submit your tax return on time.
The programme My ELSTER is available to you free of charge for electronic submission.
The tax office will calculate the amount of tax. You will then receive a notice with a request for payment or information on a credit payment.