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Pick your letter type, enter the date it arrived, and see exactly how many working days you have left. We exclude weekends and German national public holidays so the number matches what a tax advisor actually has to work with.
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Schätzbescheid: one month under §§ 347 ff. AO for an Einspruch. Aufforderung zur Abgabe: typically 14 days, set by the issuing Finanzamt under § 149 AO. Mahnung: typically 14 days, set on the letter under § 254 AO. Anhörung: typically 14 days, set under § 91 AO. Amazon § 25e Schätzbescheid: one month under §§ 347 ff. AO. Always check your own letter for the specific date, the calculator uses typical windows when no date is entered.
We count working days only, excluding Saturday and Sunday and German national public holidays. The remaining-days figure is therefore conservative: it tells you how many business days a tax advisor actually has to act, not how long the postman's clock is.
Nationwide holidays only: Neujahr (1 January), Karfreitag, Ostermontag, Tag der Arbeit (1 May), Christi Himmelfahrt, Pfingstmontag, Tag der Deutschen Einheit (3 October), Weihnachten (25 December), and 2. Weihnachtsfeiertag (26 December). State-specific holidays (Heilige Drei Könige, Fronleichnam, Reformationstag, Allerheiligen) are not excluded, since the issuing Finanzamt may be in a different state than the one observing the holiday.
No. The calculator gives you a working-day count based on standard windows from the Abgabenordnung. The actual deadline on your letter takes precedence. For a fixed-price quote on the response itself, send the letter through the intake form on /finanzamt-letter.