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Case · penalty and interest estimate before you correct

Know the exposure before you correct past German returns.

Missing transfers, EC sales lists never filed, a valuation the office would not accept: you know the past returns are wrong and you want the number before anyone files a correction, whoever files it. We put the surcharge and interest exposure in writing and say how and in what order to submit.

Our own fees, net of VAT
€600fixed, up to two years of returns
More than two yearsquoted first
Filing the corrections ourselves, where the return is ours€99 per corrected return
The estimate is yours whoever files the corrections afterwards.
Tell us the situation
Where it ends up

From a guess to a number in writing.

Now

Wrong returns, and no idea what fixing them costs

Transfers, EC sales lists, a valuation: you know something is off and a correction filed blind can trigger a surcharge the office would have left alone.

After the work

The exposure in writing and an order of play

Surcharge and interest per period under § 152 and § 233a AO, which corrections change the picture, and in what order to submit them.

What we need from you

Three things, and we can start.

Which periods are affected
What was filed for them: the returns, or the figures behind them
The corrected figures, or the reports they come from
What you get
The late-filing surcharge (Verspätungszuschlag) exposure under § 152 AO and the interest under § 233a AO, per period, in writing
Which corrections change the picture and which do not
A recommendation on how and in what order to submit them, whoever does the filing
Where the corrections are ours to file, a quote for that, priced per return
How fast
1
Your written quote
Within one working day.
5
The written estimate
Within five working days of the last document arriving.
More than two years
Quoted first, then the same clock.
The rule on every case. The fee covers the work, not the tax office’s decision. No promise as to outcome or result. Quoted and paid before work starts. Terms for case work.
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Questions

Asked about estimates before correcting

Because the order matters. A correction that triggers a surcharge on a period the office would otherwise have left alone is a real cost, and a correction filed before an estimate of the exposure is a decision taken blind. The estimate lets you decide with the number in front of you, and it is yours whoever files the corrections afterwards.

No. It is a written document you can hand to your own accountant. Where we do file the corrections, they are priced per corrected return on a separate quote.

No. It is our reading of § 152 and § 233a AO applied to your figures. The surcharge on a late return is at the office’s discretion and the office can decide differently; the estimate tells you the range and what drives it.