I just received the “Schlussrechnung” for my 2022 Taxes, and I wanted to understand if everything is in order. In 2022, I was taxed at source, and so I was assuming that the field “Zahlungen” would match the “Quellensteuerabzug - Withholding tax deduction” field. However, the former is higher than the latter. Is this normal? Thanks for the help!
Are you talking about the Staats+Gemeindesteuern Schlussrechnung?
By “Quellensteuerabzug - Withholding tax deduction” field do you mean the one on your salary certificate?
If yes to both, I’d expect Zahlungen to be the Quellensteuerabzug on the salary certificate minus the federal tax bill that you should’ve already received (with some margin for error due to interest and other small things). If Zahlungen is even higher than Quellensteuerabzug without even considering federal tax, that sounds weird. Maybe pasting anonimyzied versions of the documents can also help
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Thanks for getting back!
Regarding your points:
- yes, I am referring to “Staats+Gemeindesteuern Schlussrechnung”
- yes, “Quellensteuerabzug - Withholding tax deduction” is the field in my salary certificate.
And yes, now I understand 
I forgot to subtract the federal tax bill. Thanks a lot for clarifying this!
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