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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Claim allowances for child under 18

In the case of family benefit equalisation, child benefit is usually paid during the year. After the end of the calendar year, the tax office checks, as part of an assessment for income tax, whether a child allowance and additionally an allowance for the child's care and education or training needs are to be deducted or whether child benefit remains.

However, the allowances are always taken into account when calculating the solidarity surcharge and church tax.

The child allowance can be claimed for children who are related to the taxpayer within the first degree.

Under certain conditions, a child allowance can also be claimed for foster children.

You can find the contact points at the tax office responsible for you using the Tax Office Finder on the website of the Federal Central Tax Office.

Finanzamt-Finder

They must be related to the child within the first degree.
In the case of foster children, the relationship must be similar to that of a family and the child must not have been taken in for gainful employment. The prerequisite is that the custody and care relationship with the natural parents no longer exists.
The child has not yet reached the age of 18.

The required information must be provided in the child annex.
The information in the child annex is also necessary if corresponding information has already been provided to the family benefits office.

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The child allowance is claimed in the income tax return
The tax return can be submitted on paper or online

The deadline for filing the income tax return is 31 July of the following year.

The processing time depends on the processing status in the respective tax office responsible

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Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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