The employer provides the so called “income tax statement” ("Lohnsteuerbescheinigung) to the employee. You are provided with a monthly pay slip as well as the annual income tax statement. The income tax statement should be entered in the respective field in the “income” step in our tax tool. If you had more than one job during a tax year, you are able to enter multiple income tax statement in our tax tool. Just click “New Entry” in that field.
If you can’t find your income tax statement, you can ask your (former) employer to send you a copy.
However, it is important that you get acquainted with the numbering on the income tax statement, that way you can’t do anything wrong. The amounts shown on the income tax statement should be entered in our tool in the exact same way as on the certificate and not e.g. broken down into monthly payments or gross/net amounts.
By the way, the employer is required by law to provide the annual income tax statement by Feb. 28 of the following year.