About Geldback

About Geldback: who is behind it

Geldback is run by Morris Dragsbæk-Friis, a private person based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the operator of the service and the person you reach when you write to us.

Geldback is a small service. We would rather tell you that plainly than pretend to be something we are not.

Why Geldback was built

Many people from Romania, Bulgaria and Poland work in Germany. Many of them pay more wage tax than they need to, or never claim the Kindergeld their children can get. The rules are in German, the forms are long, and the deadlines are easy to miss.

The help that exists often costs a share of the money: agencies usually take 14 to 20 % of the refund. Geldback was built to give people a simpler way. You answer questions in your own language, the software does the paperwork, and you pay one fixed price. The money you get back stays yours.

What Geldback does

Geldback is a tool you use yourself. You stay in charge from start to finish:

• Asks you clear questions on your phone, in Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish or English.
• Fills in the official German forms for the tax return (years 2022 to 2025) and for Kindergeld.
• Checks your answers for missing details and common mistakes.
• Tells you which documents to add and where to send everything.
• Shows you an estimate before you pay.

What Geldback is not

It is important to be clear about this.

• Geldback is not a tax adviser and does not give advice for your personal case.
• Geldback is not part of the Finanzamt, the Familienkasse or any other authority, and is not connected to them.
• Geldback does not sign or send anything in your name. You sign the forms by hand and post them yourself.
• Geldback never receives your money. The refund and the Kindergeld are paid by the authorities straight into your own bank account.

Independent from the authorities

Geldback has no special access to the German authorities and cannot make them decide faster or pay more. The Finanzamt and the Familienkasse treat your papers like any other papers they receive. What Geldback gives you is filled forms that are complete and in the right order, and the right address to send them to.

Your data, in short

To fill in your forms, Geldback needs personal details: your name, address, Steuer-ID, bank account and details about your family. We treat this with care.

• Your data is stored in the EU.
• Your data is encrypted.
• Geldback uses your Steuer-ID and the IDs of your family only with your clear consent, and only to fill in your forms.
• You can ask to see your data or to have it deleted by writing to [email protected].

How to contact Geldback

Write to [email protected]. You can write in Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish or English. We answer questions about how the software works, your order and your data.

We cannot answer questions like "what should I do in my case", because that would be personal tax advice. For that, you need a licensed tax adviser (Steuerberater) or a wage tax help association (Lohnsteuerhilfeverein).