Field help: (2023) Marital status

The marital status influences the tax assessment and thus the tax calculation, which is carried out either according to the basic rate or the splitting tariff.

• Choose "single" if you were not married, divorced or widowed on 31.12.2023.
• Choose "married" if you were married on 31.12.2023 and did not live permanently separated from your spouse.
• Choose "same-sex marriage/civil partnership" if you were living in a same-sex marriage or registered civil partnership on 31.12.2023 and did not live separately from your partner.
• Choose "divorced" if your marriage or registered civil partnership was dissolved before 01.01.2024.
• Choose "permanently separated" if you were already living permanently separated from your spouse on 31.12.2023 but were still married.
• Choose "widowed" if you were widowed on 31.12.2023 and did not live permanently separated before the death of your spouse.
• Choose "widowed after separation" if you were widowed on 31.12.2023 but were already living separately from your spouse.