Administrative & tax law
Tax assessments, objection decisions, housing benefit, student finance, child benefit, parental allowance, hearings under § 28 VwVfG — with deadline extension for defective instruction (§ 58 VwGO / § 356 AO).
Administrative & tax law covers 10 matters — each with the applicable response deadline, a fixed flow and, where it fits, a ready-made response letter.
The flow is always the same: you upload your document or describe the situation, receive a plain-language assessment with deadline and risks — and then decide yourself whether to reply or hand over to a law firm.
Matters in this legal area
The time given is the typical response deadline; it usually starts when the document reaches you.
What proceedings in this area of law cost
The amount in dispute is the single figure that determines court fees, lawyers' fees and your cost risk — and it follows a statutory formula, not an estimate. Try it with your own figures.
Try the statutory formulas
Calculated with the same statutory formulas as the legal-fee calculator — no account, no credits.
Catch-all amount in dispute (flat €5,000)
€5,000
Calculated under § 52 Abs. 2 GKG
- Your own lawyer's fees, first instance (incl. VAT)
- €1,078
- Cost risk if you lose
- €2,668
Example calculation for the first instance with the other side represented by a lawyer: your own and their lawyers' fees plus court fees. If proceedings end earlier — by settlement or withdrawal — the court fees are lower.
All statutory formulas at a glance
For reference, regardless of this page's area of law. The examples are calculated with the same formulas.
| Case | Provision | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Unfair-dismissal claim | § 42 Abs. 2 GKG | €3,000 → €9,000 |
| Severance claim | § 3 ZPO / § 48 Abs. 1 GKG | €12,000 → €12,000 |
| Eviction claim | § 41 Abs. 2 GKG | €850 → €10,200 |
| Rent increase | § 41 Abs. 5 GKG | €80 → €960 |
| Maintenance claim | § 51 Abs. 1 FamGKG | €400 → €4,800 |
| Divorce (matrimonial matter) | § 43 FamGKG | €2,500 + €1,800 → €12,900 |
| Traffic accident / damages | § 3 ZPO | €6,500 → €6,500 |
| Administrative-law dispute | § 52 Abs. 2 GKG | flat €5,000 |
Statutory rules, not legal advice. In proceedings the court sets the amount in dispute, and it may differ from this calculation.
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