You will receive a pension receipt notification ("Information on the notification to the tax authorities") for every taxable pension benefit - pension amount and contributions to health and long-term care insurance - within a calendar year. The organizations making the payments issue the notification annually by the end of February for the previous calendar year.
1. Pension receipt notification for state pensions
Pension receipt notifications for statutory pensions can be requested online at
www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/steuerbescheinigung.
If you received the form for your annual tax return in the past, an up-to-date printed version will now be sent to you by mail between mid-January and the end of February. You don't have to do anything else.
Additional information and contact options for the pension receipt notification for statutory pension benefits can be found in our FAQs for Statutory Pensions.
Note: The Pension Service cannot issue you with pension receipt notifications for state pension benefits.
2. Pension receipt notification for company pension benefits
For company pension benefits paid by Deutsche Post Pension Service on behalf of your previous employer, you will automatically receive a pension receipt notification for the previous calendar year by mail sometime between mid-March and the start of April. You don't have to do anything else. Additional information and contact options for the pension receipt notification for company pension benefits are available in our FAQs for company pensioners and allowance beneficiaries.
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