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Finanzamt

tax office

noun fi-NANTS-amt Rare

Also means

revenue authority

Usage Note

Finanzamt is the local tax authority that assesses and collects taxes. It sends out the Steuerbescheid and is the office every taxpayer deals with annually. Each one has its own Steuernummer system; the plural is Finanzämter.

Examples

"Das Finanzamt hat die Steuererklärung bereits geprüft."

Natural Translation

The tax office has already reviewed the tax return.

Literal Translation

The tax-office has the tax-declaration already checked.

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