Germany | Employment Tax | New presumption rule for the notification of administrative tax acts


July 31, 2024

Employment Tax

Germany | New presumption rule for the notification of administrative tax acts

Summary

For administrative tax acts that are delivered by postal mail, transmitted electronically or made available electronically for retrieval after December 31, 2024, the presumption of delivery will be changed from three to four days.

Details

On 5 July 2024, the Federal Council approved the Postal Law Modernization Act. The presumption of receipt for the notification of administrative tax acts will be changed from three to four days.

If the end of the four-day period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the presumed day of receipt will be postponed to the end of the next working day. The government draft initially provided for notification on Saturday, but this was not adopted by the Parliament.

For example, if the administrative act is posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 the notification would have been deemed to be received on the fourth day, Saturday, July 26, 2025. In this case the objection period, however, only begins on Monday, July 28, 2025.

The new regulation applies to all administrative acts that are posted, transmitted electronically or made available electronically for retrieval after December 31, 2024.

 

Germany | Neue Vermutungsregel für die Zustellung von steuerlichen Verwaltungsakten

Zusammenfassung

Für steuerliche Verwaltungsakte, die nach dem 31.12.2024 zur Post gegeben, elektronisch übermittelt oder elektronisch zum Abruf bereitgestellt werden, wird die Vermutungsregel für die Zustellung von drei auf vier Tage geändert.

Details

Am 5. Juli 2024 hat der Bundesrat dem Postrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz zugestimmt. Die Zugangsvermutung bei der Bekanntgabe von Verwaltungsakten wird von drei auf vier Tage geändert.

Fällt das Ende der Viertagesfrist auf einen Samstag, Sonntag oder Feiertag, so verschiebt sich der Fristablauf auf das Ende des nächsten Werktages. Der Regierungsentwurf sah zunächst eine Bekanntgabe am Samstag vor, welches jedoch der Bundestag nicht übernommen hatte.

Wird der Verwaltungsakt beispielsweise am Dienstag, den 22. Juli 2025 zur Post gegeben, so wäre der Bescheid am vierten Tag, einem Samstag, den 26. Juli 2025, zugegangen. In diesem Fall beginnt die Einspruchsfrist jedoch erst am Montag, den 28. Juli 2025.

Die Neuregelung ist auf alle Verwaltungsakte, die nach dem 31.12.2024 zur Post gegeben werden, elektronisch übermittelt oder elektronisch zum Abruf bereitgestellt werden, anzuwenden.

 

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