Apply for tax reduction for shore power supply for watercraft
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Steuern und Abgaben
Procedure
Please submit the application in writing to the responsible main customs office:
- Go to the German customs website and call up the form "Antrag auf Erteilung/Änderung einer Erlaubnis zur steuerbegünstigten Entnahme von Strom landeitigen Stromversorgung von Wasserfahrzeugen" (Form 1457) from there. You can complete the form directly on your computer.
- Print out the completed form and, if necessary, attach the required documents.
- Sign the completed form and submit it to your local main customs office. The main customs office will check your application.
- You will receive a notification with the individual permit or a rejection.
- If permission is granted, you will be issued with a permit showing that you are entitled to purchase electricity at the reduced tax rate.
The main customs office in whose district you operate your business or, if you do not operate a business, in whose district you live, is responsible.
For companies that are operated from a location outside the German tax territory or for persons not resident in the German tax territory, the main customs office in whose district you first appear for tax purposes is responsible.
