I am Grenzpendler in Germany (Swiss residence) and one year ago I got the from Steueramt some information:
" In Switzerland, you must submit a fully completed tax return. We will inform the local tax office that a 2022 tax return will be sent to you for completion.
For the procedure in Germany, please contact the tax authority in Germany ."
In the meantime, the request from the local tax office (CH) to file the tax return came.
As Grenzpendler in Germany, I am already taxed in Germany with 4.5% taxes according to the double taxation agreements. Despite I am Steuerklasse 1 in Germany, as I got some gain capital payment in Germany I have to file there the tax declaration, too.
The reasons I am writing is that I am wondering if there are any dependencies in between these two tax declarations in CH & DE, in the idea that I should get the decision from Germany before submitting the Swiss tax declaration.
I know according to that brief italic text, they don’t seem to be dependent, but I found an interesting remark :
" So you will submit a tax return to Germany and explain that your family is in Switzerland and you travel back at the weekend, and you submit a tax return to Switzerland and include your German income with proof of tax paid in Germany, i.e. a letter from the German authorities that you pay your tax there and the “Steuerebescheid” i.e. the tax statement, when it arrives as you will probably not get it before you submit your tax return in Switzerland ."
Any thoughts from own experience would be highly appreciated.