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I. Payment in instalments and deferred tax payment

How to obtain payment facilities?

Upon your application, the tax office can grant a respite for the additional payment or ask you for payment in instalments:

  • if paying the full amount of the owed tax would constitute a considerable hardship, and
  • if granting of the respite does not jeopardise the collection of the owed tax.

You should therefore specify all circumstances supporting your application for a payment respite.

Note

If a tax payment is deferred, or if taxes are paid in instalments, interest is due on amounts in excess of € 750. The interest rate currently amounts to 7.53% (rate at copy date). No interest is calculated for amounts below € 50. In cases of special hardship, taxpayers may be fully or partially released from paying the owed tax upon application. No fees are due on applications to the tax authority.