EStE

Personal income tax declaration (German: Einkommensteuererklärung)

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/v1/est

Examples in Postman (Filings > EStE).

List of fields, values and their context

The structure of filingValues is based on the ELSTER XML Documentation.

The ELSTER field code, its description, context (in the XML structure) and validation rules can be found in these Excel files:

The files can be opened with as Spreadsheet Reader (e. g. Excel).

The sheets * - Felder include the codes and description (columns B and C), as well as allowed values, length and regex expression every field validates against (columns E, F and I). This also applies to attachments to the main form.

Rows marked as(alt) denote, that a change has been made to its parameters (eg. Context) compared to the previous version of the documentation.

Forms

The forms have a 7-digit ELSTER field code number printed on it (blue).

The form with all attachments:

7MB

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Most likely you need just a subset of them:

Includes the most commonly used attachments

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