We asked the Bern tax authorities for the form similar to "Antragsformular für eine Korrekturberechnung der Quellensteuer" provided by the Kanton of Zuerich (we couldn't find a form for Bern anywhere online).

They responded in English: "So, if you like to fill tax forms for the year 2008, it’s possible. Your email of the 15/12/2008 is enough as “der Antrag”. (If you want to fill in future again tax forms then you have to send “der Antrag” all year again into the 31 march of the follow year.)
You will still remain taxed at source and the taxes will be new calculated with this tax forms.
The result, after take back the taxes at source that you have already paid for the 2008, can be to your favour, the you received the money back, or the result can be to our favour, than you will receive a bill to pay the difference.

Now, the tax forms of the 2008 will be send in March 2009. After received the forms you have 45 days time to fill these forms and to return to our office."


So the big question is: Is it possible that one can owe money after submitting a Quellensteuer Korrektur??? (see the underlined part of the response)


I have a bad feeling that they think we want to fill out a full tax return, which we don't...


Has anyone encountered/ filled out a Quellensteuer Korrektur form for Bern? If we have the exact form, maybe it would be easier to explain to the tax people what we actually want to do.