Keep Your Taxes Under Control as a Self-Employed Individual
As a self-employed person, you bear full responsibility for your tax return. In addition to Income tax, this includes EÜR, advance sales tax returns (if applicable), and trade tax. taxtastic makes this complexity manageable.
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Your tax return as a self-employed person
We guide you through all relevant forms and attachments—from the simplified income statement to the sales tax return.
Record income & expenses
Enter revenue and business expenses. taxtastic automatically categorizes them and generates your simplified income statement (EÜR) based on the official form.
Take Advantage of Tax Optimization
Depreciation, home office expenses, vehicle costs, business entertainment—taxtastic optimizes your entries and calculates your tax liability in real time.
Submit everything via ELSTER
Income tax, EÜR, and sales tax returns—everything is verified and securely submitted to the tax office.
Make the Most of Tax Benefits for the Self-Employed
taxtastic knows these deduction options for you as a self-employed individual:
Automatically generate your EÜR
Income-Excess-Accounting based on the official form (Annex EÜR). All business expenses are correctly allocated, and your profit is calculated.
Home Office
Home office as a business expense or home office flat rate: taxtastic determines which option applies to you and automatically applies it.
Deducting Vehicle Expenses
Logbook, mileage allowance, or actual costs: For mixed use, taxtastic calculates the correct portion of business expenses.
Low-Value Assets & Depreciation
Low-value assets, major purchases, and depreciation are properly categorized and automatically accounted for over their useful lives.
Here’s how much you’ll save as a self-employed person
A realistic example for a self-employed individual with a business.
Profit under the simplified income statement method (EÜR): €48,000
- Cost of goods sold: €38,000
- Office & rent (pro-rata): €4,200
- Vehicle expenses (business use): €3,600
- Insurance & premiums: €2,800
- Depreciation of equipment: €1,900
Why Self-Employed Individuals Use taxtastic
Automatic Categorization
Business expenses are intelligently assigned to the correct categories in the EÜR.
Trade Tax Credit
If trade tax is due, taxtastic automatically factors in the potential credit in your tax calculation.
Easily Record Sales Tax
taxtastic guides you through sales tax-related information and prepares your sales tax return for filing.
Validation check
Automatic verification of all entries for tax compliance before submission.
ELSTER Submission
Send EÜR, income tax, and sales tax returns securely and directly to the tax office.
Data securely stored in Germany
SSL-encrypted, GDPR-compliant, and hosted on German servers.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you’re using the small business exemption (§19 UStG) and don’t report sales tax, the BASIS plan is sufficient. The PLUS plan is worth it if you’re subject to sales tax or file a trade tax return.
Yes. You enter your income and expenses, and taxtastic generates the EÜR annex based on the official form and correctly categorizes all entries.
taxtastic helps you with your income tax return, EÜR, sales tax return, and—if applicable—trade tax return.
Yes. If you are subject to business tax, taxtastic automatically takes the possible offset into account in your tax calculation.
If you use the small business exemption, you generally do not report sales tax and do not claim input tax credits. taxtastic automatically takes these details into account in your tax return.
How much does taxtastic cost?
- Income tax return
- Validation Check
- One price—even for married couples
- Previous years: 4 for voluntary returns, up to 7 for mandatory returns
- Valuable tax tips
- All features of the BASIS plan
- Trade tax return
- Value-Added Tax Return
- Advance sales tax return
- Automatic EÜR (income-expense accounting). Includes depreciation, IAB, and all reserves.
- Integrated accounting tools
*Average tax refund based on taxtastic user data