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Capital assets - Taxation

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Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
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Requirements

• Unbeschränkte Einkommensteuerpflicht (unlimited income tax liability) Natural persons who have a residence or their habitual abode in Germany. • Kapitalertrag (investment income) Ongoing income as well as income from the sale or redemption of a capital investment. • For online applications: registration/sign-up with the "Elster" portal

Documents you need

• Income tax return Possible online or in writing by post • To apply in writing by post: Submit the forms that you downloaded from the Bundesfinanzministerium (Federal Ministry of Finance) and printed out. In the Formular-Management-System (FMS, Form Management System) of the Federal Ministry of Finance, click: Formularcenter (Forms Center) > Steuerformulare (Tax forms) > Anlage (Annex) • Anlage KAP, Anlage KAP-BET and / or Anlage KAP-INV for income from capital assets / crediting of taxes • Anlage KAP for income from capital assets / crediting of taxes • Anlage KAP-BET, income from capital assets / crediting of taxes per separate and uniform determination (shareholdings) • Anlage KAP-INV, investment income not subject to domestic tax withholding • Tax certificates

Forms

• Paper application on the Formular-Management-System (FMS, Form Management System) of the Federal Ministry of Finance www.formulare-bfinv.de/ffw/content.do

Fees

None

Legal basis

• Einkommensteuergesetz (EStG, Income Tax Act) §§ 20, 32d, 43, 43a, 44, 44b www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/ • Investmentsteuergesetz (InvStG, Investment Tax Act) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/invstg_2018/

Further information

• Informationen zur Abgeltungsteuer (Bundesministerium der Finanzen) [Information on the flat-rate withholding tax on investment income (Federal Ministry of Finance)] www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Web/DE/Themen/Steuern/Steuera • Informationen zur Investmentsteuer (Bundesministerium der Finanzen) [Information on investment fund taxation (Federal Ministry of Finance)] www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Web/DE/Themen/Steuern/Steuera

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Original

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Service number 326503 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326503/