Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen (double taxation agreement) - certificate of residence (Ansässigkeitsbescheinigung)

Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Ansässigkeitsbescheinigung

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

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Requirements

• Applicant = natural person, legal person, partner in a partnership • The certificate serves income tax purposes. • The applicant is resident in Germany under the corresponding DBA (double taxation agreement). • Generation of income abroad

Documents you need

• Written application

Forms

• Tax Info Center of the Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (BZSt) (Federal Central Tax Office), with further links to the respective websites of foreign tax authorities www.bzst.de/DE/Service/SteuerlichesInfocenter/Ausl_Formulare • Online fillable form of the German tax administration (German-English, German-Russian, German-French, German-Italian, German-Spanish language versions) www.formulare-bfinv.de/

Fees

None

Legal basis

• Provisions of the relevant DBA (double taxation agreement) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/Teilliste_D.html

Further information

• Certifications of information in tax matters, Ansässigkeitsbescheinigungen (certificates of residency) for abroad service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327459/

Responsible for you

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Finanzamt Charlottenburg
Finanzamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Finanzamt Lichtenberg
Finanzamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Finanzamt Mitte/Tiergarten
Finanzamt Neukölln
Finanzamt Pankow/Weißensee
Finanzamt Prenzlauer Berg
Finanzamt Reinickendorf
Finanzamt Schöneberg
Finanzamt Spandau
Finanzamt Steglitz
Finanzamt Tempelhof
Finanzamt Treptow-Köpenick
Finanzamt Wedding
Finanzamt Wilmersdorf
Finanzamt Zehlendorf
Finanzamt für Körperschaften I
Finanzamt für Körperschaften II
Finanzamt für Körperschaften III
Finanzamt für Körperschaften IV

Original

German original

Service number 327837 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327837/