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| Dontcha love tax time! I´ve tried to search for this (but I´m useless), and I hope there is some one out there that has had some experience.... Me, C-bewiligung or aout three years now. Prior to that I existed on a b, which I loved, give me quellensteuer any day. Husband has a b-bewilligung, has worked and has had quellensteuer taken be both his employers. It´s tax time, and I got sent the tax return which is for both me and my hubby. I called the tax dept. to advise them that he´d paid qeullensteuer, and ask whether I should just cross off his name or what. I was then told that he shouldn´t be paying quellensteuer as I pay "normal" tax, therfore he should too. twas only afterwards that I realised that if this were the case then I paid Quellensteuer for 5 years whilst married to a native and having a b-bewilligung. My question is, has anyone been in this situation and would I be able to get some money back (quellensteuer is more than "normal" tax). I´d be grateful for any advice. Thanks in advance | |
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The tax office is quite correct. When you received your B permit your husband should have notified his employer that you were "ordentlich besteuert" and therefore he must be too. You have a right to reclaim the money taxed but this is going to get rather messy and you better trot off down to the local tax office and discuss whats to do. After 5 years your claim disappears so I doubt you will get far with your natives claims and would you want to do that anyway because that is even messier divorce settlement et al. Also your previous husband should have declared your income which he clearly didn't and therefore paid more tax. I don't know how far you should rock this boat - I take it that you never filled in the tax returns for your hubbie #1 and have not got copies.
Try and get a nice settlement for the last 3 years and hope they don't ask more questions...