Trade tax apportionment — which municipality gets what?
The key is WAGES per establishment, not turnover — and they are rounded down to full 1,000 euros before the ratio is formed.
2026 rules — verified on October 3, 2026Free, no account
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Sources and assumptions
- gesetze-im-internet.de — GewStG § 29 Abs. 3 — tax year 2026, verified on September 22, 2026
Excerpt from the source : « Bei Ermittlung der Verhältniszahlen sind die Arbeitslöhne auf volle 1 000 Euro abzurunden. »
- gesetze-im-internet.de — GewStG § 34 Abs. 1 — tax year 2026, verified on October 3, 2026
Excerpt from the source : « würde aber nach den Zerlegungsvorschriften einer Gemeinde ein Zerlegungsanteil von nicht mehr als 10 Euro zuzuweisen sein, so ist dieser Anteil der Gemeinde zuzuweisen, in der sich die Geschäftsleitung befindet. »
- gesetze-im-internet.de — GewStG § 31 Abs. 5 — tax year 2026, verified on September 28, 2026
Excerpt from the source : « Bei Unternehmen, die nicht von einer juristischen Person betrieben werden, sind für die im Betrieb tätigen Unternehmer (Mitunternehmer) insgesamt 25.000 Euro jährlich anzusetzen. »
Calculation assumptions
- The wages entered are already adjusted under § 31 of the Trade Tax Act: without tax-exempt remuneration, without trainees, without profit-based payments and without anything above 50,000 euros per employee. Do NOT enter the entrepreneurs' amount under § 31 (5) (25,000 euros): the calculator adds it itself.
- Excludes the special keys for wind, solar and storage installations under § 29 (1) nos. 2 and 3.
- Excludes establishments spanning several municipalities under § 30.
- Not modelled: splitting the 25,000 euros for the working entrepreneurs (§ 31 (5)) between several establishments. The calculator adds the full amount to the establishment selected.
- Partly modelled: s. 34 GewStG. A base amount or a share up to the amount named in the warning goes to the municipality of the management; the tool does not know that municipality and does not move the share, it warns.
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