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View electronic income tax deduction characteristics
Your current electronic payroll tax characteristics (ELStAM) are shown in every payslip. In addition, you have the option at any time to view the data electronically via the online tax office "ELSTER" or to request a written notification from your responsible office.
Link to "ELSTER": https://www.elster.de/eportal/start
The responsibility lies with the tax office responsible for you.
A one-time registration is required for the electronic retrieval of the electronic income tax deduction characteristics in the online tax office "ELSTER". To do this, you will need your tax identification number and an e-mail address.
There are no fees.
- Forms: "Applications for electronic income tax deduction characteristics ELStAM -", Section "C"
- Online Procedure possible: yes, via online tax office "ELSTER"
- Written form required: no
- Personal appearance required: no
There are no possibilities of appeal at the stage of an application.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry of Finance
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)