SteuerSparErklarung 2014 provides optimum support of Mannheim, 15 January 2014. Since the beginning of the year, the financial management with the pre-filled tax return offers”(VSt) taxpayers one new service. Basic idea: workers who make their income tax return to the computer, can, for example, their master data such as name, age, or religion or digital also retrieve data of payroll tax certificate and apply directly in the tax return. As a result, the Declaration should be faster and easier. The experts of the academic Association, the tax software provider SteuerSparErklarung, explain how it works and why it is worth to invest still some work in the tax return.
What can the VSt and what not? There were many plans and announcements of policy to simplify the income tax return. With the pre-filled tax return, the tax still not on a beer mat fits while, taxpayers can get but a little easier the work. The VSt includes basic data such as name, address, religion and bank account of the taxpayer and it sent by the employer payroll tax certificates. In addition submitted the service notifications relating to the purchase of pension benefits, contributions to health and care insurance and pension expenditure such as “Riester” or Rurup contracts. Important is that users can always check their data accuracy,”Ingo Lahrkamp, Program Manager software and technology in the academic Working Group recommends. Also, the income tax return is not done yet with the retrieval of the data. This is incipient and even to save certainly no tips to control or to the optimization of the Declaration provide the financial management”, so Lahrkamp next.
How does the VSt work? To participate in the VSt method, an ElsterOnline-Portal account (EOP-) is necessary. Taxpayers set up this by registering Elster on for the electronic procedure with their tax identification number. Tip: You can be found on the last tax assessment.