Hi all -
First of all, sorry for writing in English, but my German is so rudimentary that this is probably the best way to participate and communicate.
We live abroad and have a second residence in Berlin, and we've never received a German tax ID. I registered with Elster a couple of days ago and while all that went well, I've no way of accessing any of the forms needed for the Erklärung without the ID. I then tried to use the apartment tax number instead of a personal one, but that doesn't work, so I changed my account type into an institutional / business one to see if that helps. The change was successful per se, but I was then informed that the tax authorities will send us a letter containing an activation code into our Berlin address - and we absolutely can't get ahold of said letter in time for the Erklärung!
So what shall I do? Thanks for any information you folks could give me!
Yours,
M.
First of all, sorry for writing in English, but my German is so rudimentary that this is probably the best way to participate and communicate.
We live abroad and have a second residence in Berlin, and we've never received a German tax ID. I registered with Elster a couple of days ago and while all that went well, I've no way of accessing any of the forms needed for the Erklärung without the ID. I then tried to use the apartment tax number instead of a personal one, but that doesn't work, so I changed my account type into an institutional / business one to see if that helps. The change was successful per se, but I was then informed that the tax authorities will send us a letter containing an activation code into our Berlin address - and we absolutely can't get ahold of said letter in time for the Erklärung!
So what shall I do? Thanks for any information you folks could give me!
Yours,
M.