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Income tax return

Your German tax return for €24.99. Pay only when you file.

The assistant takes you through the whole income tax return and works out your estimated refund as you go. You see the number before you decide whether to file.

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  • Create an account without a card
  • No subscription
  • GDPR-compliant, servers in Germany

For 2025 you can still file voluntarily until 31 December 2029. The mandatory deadline was 31 July 2026.

Income tax return

No subscription

One return, one price. Charged at the moment you file.

€24.99 one-off

incl. VAT · One-off, no subscription, no automatic renewal.

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Payment only on filing · Create an account without a card

Included in the price

  • Guided assistant for the entire form
  • Estimated refund before you pay
  • EÜR and Anlage S at no extra tier
  • Joint return for married couples
  • Submission to ELSTER incl. receipt
  • Support in German and English
How it works

Four steps to your submission receipt

You see the whole path before you begin.

  1. 1

    Create an account (no card).

    Email and password are enough. No payment details, no commitment.

  2. 2

    Answer the assistant's questions.

    The assistant asks in plain language and fills in the forms for you.

  3. 3

    Pay €24.99 when you file.

    You see the result first. Decide against it and you pay nothing.

  4. 4

    Receive your ELSTER submission receipt.

    Proof of submission is then stored in your account.

Refund estimate

You know the number before you pay

Solobooks works out your estimated refund while you fill things in. So you are deciding on a concrete figure, not on a guess.

  • Updates with every entry
  • Shows which entries change the amount
  • No payment and no submission without your confirmation
Your 2025 return Example view

Estimated refund

€1,284.00

An illustrative figure, not a promise. Your actual amount depends on your entries and on the tax office's assessment.

Anlage N: employment income
complete
EÜR: self-employment
complete
Insurance & pension contributions
2 questions open

Filing and payment happen only in the last step.

Scope

What the assistant covers, and what it doesn't

So you know in two minutes, not after two hours.

This is what Solobooks is built for

The assistant takes you through these cases in full.

  • Employment income (Anlage N)
  • Self-employment (EÜR)
  • Joint return for married couples
  • Children
  • Insurance and pension contributions
  • Special expenses (Sonderausgaben)
  • Household-related services
  • Extraordinary burdens
  • Home office
  • Wage replacement benefits

For these you need something else

The assistant cannot capture this income. Better you know now than halfway through.

  • Investment income (Anlage KAP) Not included: e.g. interest, dividends, share sales.

    Note: if your bank has already withheld Abgeltungsteuer and you have a Freistellungsauftrag, you often do not need Anlage KAP at all.

  • Rental and leasing income Not included: income from rented property
  • Pensions (Anlage R) Not included: state and private pensions

If any of these three apply to you, our assistant is not the right tool. A tax adviser or a program with the full set of forms will serve you better.

All year round

Need ongoing bookkeeping too?

Invoices, EÜR, VAT returns, bank sync and DATEV export come as a subscription from €5.00 a month. The income tax return is included.

See bookkeeping →

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Solobooks is not a tax advisory service. We prepare your entries and transmit them to ELSTER. All prices incl. statutory VAT.

Starting costs nothing

Create an account, answer the questions, see your refund. The €24.99 is only due when you file.

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€24.99 one-off incl. VAT · no subscription, no automatic renewal

€24.99 one-off

Payment only on filing

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