Posted on 05 February 2025
Pre-filled tax return in Luxembourg: How it could cost you more than you think
In 2025, Tax authorities will offer a pre-filled tax return. Discover how to avoid oversights that could cause you to overpay your taxes.
In 2025, Tax Authorities known as the "Administration des contributions directes (ACD)" will begin offering a pre-filled tax return in Luxembourg to certain categories of taxpayers.
What is a pre-filled tax return?
A pre-filled tax return is a tax return in which your salary and/or pension information is already filled in automatically by the tax authorities.
Why opting for a pre-filled tax return can cost you a lot of money?
The Tax Authorities are not aware of your deductible expenses. Those enable you to reduce your taxes.
If you rely on a pre-filled tax return, you risk missing out on deductions and overpaying!
Some of the information that could be missing includes:
If you rely on a pre-filled tax return, you risk missing out on deductions and overpaying!
Some of the information that could be missing includes:
- Insurances you have taken out (e.g. life assurance, public liability insurance, health insurance, etc.)
- Interest on your mortgage (for your main property)
- Housing savings (BHW, Schwäbisch Hall, Wüstenrot)
- Donations
- Deductions for childcare, crèche, household cleaning staff, etc.
- Unreimbursed medical expenses, court fees, funeral expenses, etc.
You're also left on your own to check the accuracy of the data already entered by the tax authorities and to estimate the amount of the final tax result. Once you receive your tax statement from your tax office, it's also difficult to identify any errors and correct them without a personalized follow-up.
Discover all the other pitfalls of the pre-filled tax return in this article:
Our solution
On our taxx.lu platform, we support you throughout the tax return process so that you don't forget anything!
At the end of the process, you will receive a detailed analysis of your possible deductions and recommendations to optimize your future tax returns.
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At the end of the process, you will receive a detailed analysis of your possible deductions and recommendations to optimize your future tax returns.
Want to find out more about the benefits of taxx.lu? Read our next detailed article:
