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mixins.searchInfo_searchTermAfter the death of the spouse or civil partner, the tax class changes in the long term; tax class III can be retained in the short term

After the death of the spouse or civil partner, the tax class changes in the long term; tax class III can be retained in the short term

Source: Serviceportal Rheinland-Pfalz

Your tax class will automatically be changed to tax class III from the first month following the date of death of your spouse or partner (hereinafter referred to as "partner"). In the following year, you will also remain in tax class III.
However, you will not be placed in tax class III if you were permanently separated at the time of death. From the beginning of the second calendar year after the death of your partner, you will be placed in tax class I.

Instead of tax class I, you may be eligible for the more favorable tax class II if you are entitled to the relief amount for single parents. You can apply for classification in tax class II at your local tax office.

Please note:
Since the law introducing the right to marry for people of the same sex came into force on October 1, 2017, new civil partnerships can no longer be established in Germany. Same-sex couples have been able to marry each other since this date and are therefore on an equal footing with opposite-sex couples.
Existing civil partnerships can be converted into a marriage. However, there is no obligation to do so. Existing civil partnerships can be continued in their current form.

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