From when can I use the offer for electronic data retrieval?

The tax authorities provide the latest electronic data at the beginning of the following year. So, if you want to process the tax return for 2024, the electronic data will be available for retrieval at the earliest at the beginning of 2025.

However, the data relating to you personally can only be displayed once it has been submitted to the tax authorities. For example, your employer or your health insurance company has until 28 February of the following year to submit the data for your income tax return, in accordance with legal deadlines.

Employers must therefore report the electronic data for the payslip for the year 2024 to the tax authorities by the end of February 2025 at the latest. It is therefore advisable to use the data retrieval from March of the following year.

If you have set up electronic data retrieval with Lohnsteuer kompakt, you will automatically receive an email notification as soon as new data is made available for you by the tax authorities.