Pavel & Associates provides legal assistance and advice on the full or partial recovery of the tax withheld monthly for the Romanian citizens that provide services under a contract of works in Germany.

The documents required for the tax recovery are: Lohnsteuerbescheinigung (annual Tax Certificate) or Lohnsteuerkarte (sheet income tax). These documents can be obtained from the employer, who every year at the beginning of the year, will deliver the annual tax certificate.

These documents will be sent to the tax authorities and following, the money shall be paid into the employee’s account opened in Germany or the euro account opened in Romania.

The amount that can be recovered is calculated based on the salary earned during the year in Germany.