Upload, recognise, file.

The official annual salary form, plus every certificate or enclosure from the employer.

Example: A salary certificate or German wage-tax certificate from an employer

The employer’s statement for single pay periods: gross pay, deductions, net pay.

Example: A monthly payslip

Financial statements with figures, including from the self-employed.

Example: Balance sheet and income statement of a sole trader

A record of tax withheld at source.

Example: A bank’s “Steuerbescheinigung” on withheld capital gains tax

A certificate of an ongoing pension.

Example: A pension certificate from a pension fund

A statement from a fund or insurer on daily allowances or wage replacement.

Example: A statement from the unemployment fund

Your own calendar of which days were worked in which country, without expense amounts.

Example: Your own table of home-office and foreign working days

Bank accounts with balance or interest, without securities.

Example: A year-end interest and balance statement

A statement with securities positions, produced by a bank, exchange or tax tool.

Example: An income statement of a custody account or an electronic tax statement

A self-made list of one’s own assets, with no issuing institution.

Example: Your own table of jewellery, gold or self-custodied crypto assets

A certificate of contributions to tied pension provision or a pension fund buy-in.

Example: An annual statement of a pension provision account

A health insurer’s premium invoice or premium certificate.

Example: A health insurer’s annual statement

A policy or premium certificate of an insurer other than the health insurer.

Example: A life insurance policy

A confirmation of a donation.

Example: A charity’s donation receipt

Receipts for work costs: commute, meals, home office, work equipment, expenses.

Example: An employer’s expense claim

An invoice or confirmation for continuing education.

Example: An invoice for a language course

A record of childcare costs.

Example: A nursery’s annual invoice

Proof of maintenance payments, including an agreement without a court ruling.

Example: An annual overview of maintenance paid

A statement on a mortgage or loan and its interest.

Example: A bank’s mortgage interest statement

Papers on one’s own property: tax or imputed rental value, valuation, statement.

Example: A notice of the imputed rental value

An extract from the land register.

Example: A land register extract for a house

A rental or lease contract for premises or land.

Example: A flat’s rental contract

A rent or service-charge statement, including a list of rental income.

Example: A service-charge statement for a let flat

A company’s entry in the commercial register.

Example: A commercial register extract of a limited company

A company’s narrative annual report.

Example: A management report of a public limited company

Proof of the beneficial owners.

Example: An extract from the transparency register

A company’s founding and shareholder documents.

Example: Articles of association of a public limited company

A filed tax return or a tax assessment.

Example: Last year’s tax assessment

A passport.

Example: The data page of a passport

An identity card or a residence permit.

Example: Front and back of an identity card

A driving licence.

Example: A card-format driving licence

A civil register certificate or a divorce ruling.

Example: A marriage certificate

An official confirmation of where someone is registered or tax resident.

Example: A municipality’s certificate of residence

Letters and official correspondence, when no more specific type fits.

Example: A letter from the tax office with a query

Documents on an estate, including the death certificate.

Example: A certificate of inheritance

A contract, when no more specific type fits.

Example: A purchase contract for a vehicle

An invoice, receipt or voucher, when no more specific type fits.

Example: A receipt for a tradesman’s invoice