Association of Income Tax Payers
| Association of Wage Tax Payers eV - Lohnsteuerhilfeverein (VdL) |
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| purpose | Assistance in wage tax matters for members |
| Chair: | Siglinde Schuhmann (1st Chair) Christine Schuhmann (2nd Chair) |
| Establishment date: | 1970 |
| Number of members: | approx. 30,000 (as of January 2015) |
| Seat : | Fuerth |
| Website: | www.vdl-online.de |
The Association of Wage Tax Payers eV - Lohnsteuerhilfeverein - (VdL) is a German wage tax aid association .
As a self-help organization, the association supports its members in wage tax matters. In particular, income tax returns are prepared, income tax assessments are checked and, if necessary, appeals are filed. The members are advised on tax matters.
history
The Association of Wage Tax Payers eV - Lohnsteuerhilfeverein - was founded on March 19, 1970 in Fürth, and it was entered in the register of associations on April 10, 1970. Since 1999, the association has resided in Fürth's Siemensstrasse.
With the exception of the federal states of Hamburg and Saarland, at the end of 2014 the wage tax aid association had around 100 advice centers and around 30,000 members nationwide. Around 100 people are employed there.
Purpose and duties of the association
According to the statutes, the association is a self-help institution for employees to provide assistance in wage tax matters for its members. The association's task is the exclusive provision of assistance in tax matters within the scope of the authorization according to § 4 No. 11 of the Tax Advisory Act (StBerG).
The consultants of the income tax relief association prepare the income tax return for the members, calculate the expected tax refund, check the tax assessment, file an objection against incorrect income tax assessments if necessary, make applications (e.g. for income tax reductions, child benefit or employee savings allowance ), advise on tax matters and manage correspondence with the tax authorities.
The head office of the income tax relief association informs the employees on site about current tax issues, conducts training and operates a central hotline to support the advice centers.
Organs of the association
Two chairmen, who are appointed for a period of 5 years, form the executive board. The second organ is the representative assembly: It receives the annual report of the board of directors on the development of the association as well as the annual audit report and gives discharge to the board of directors for its management. The members elect at least 50 member representatives from their ranks for a period of four years.
Membership in the association
Only members can use the help of the income tax relief association; According to the law, the following groups are allowed to become members of an income tax relief association: Persons with only income from employment, income from pensions and income from pension and maintenance services and in these cases also with income from capital assets, from renting and leasing and other income, if the income from these three types of income do not exceed 13,000 euros (for single persons) or 26,000 euros (for jointly assessed persons).
A socially staggered annual membership fee is charged by the association for membership.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Verband der Lohnsteuerzahler eV - Lohnsteuerhilfeverein: Homepage ( http://www.vdl-online.de/start.html ). In: vdl-online.de. Without a date. Retrieved March 24, 2015.