Field help: Marital status

Your marital status affects your tax assessment and thus the tax calculation. This is done either according to the basic rate or the splitting rate.

Select your marital status for the tax year 2025 from the following options:

• Single
  Select this option if you were neither married, divorced, nor widowed on 31.12.2025.
• Married
  Select this option if you were married on 31.12.2025 and not permanently separated from your spouse.
• Same-sex marriage/civil partnership
  Select this option if you were in a same-sex marriage or registered civil partnership on 31.12.2025 and not separated from your partner.
• Divorced
  Select this option if your marriage or registered civil partnership was legally dissolved before 01.01.2025 or during the year 2025.
• Permanently separated
  Select this option if you were already permanently separated from your spouse on 31.12.2025 but still married.
• Widowed
  Select this option if you were widowed on 31.12.2025 and had not been permanently separated from your spouse before their death.
• Widowed after separation
  Select this option if you were widowed on 31.12.2025 but had already been permanently separated from your spouse before their death.