Assign main employer

    If you are employed by several employers at the same time, you can determine yourself which employer is to retrieve the family-friendly electronic wage tax deduction features.

    Description

    If you start another employment relationship in addition to an existing one, you must decide which of these will be your first employment relationship in future.

    The wages from the first employment relationship are taxed according to the family tax class (tax class I to V, if applicable child allowances), all wages from further employment relationships according to tax class VI (here the wage tax deduction is higher).

    The wage tax deduction according to tax class VI is usually assigned to the employment relationship from which you receive the lower wage.

    Competent office

    Employer

    Contact point

    Employer

    Contact person

    Unfortunately, no contact persons were found for Dortmund (North Rhine-Westphalia). Please check the service description above for information on how to find the responsible contact person.

    Required documents

    • Identification number
    • Date of birth

    Forms

    none (only informal communication to employers)

    Prerequisites

    Several employment relationships with several employers at the same time

    Deadlines

    none

    Costs

    none

    Notes (specifics)

    none

    Area of validity

    North Rhine-Westphalia

    Publisher

    Import

    LeiKa-Import für Typ 1, 11 und 12 Leistungen

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Hessian Ministry of Finance

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 07.10.2024

    Technisch geändert on 27.10.2025

    Keywords

    Lohnsteuerabzug, ELStAM, Elektronische Lohnsteuerkarte, Hauptarbeitgeber, Elektronische Lohnsteuerabzugsmerkmale, ELSTER, Nebenarbeitgeber

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017

    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en

    Sprachbezeichnung nativ:

    English

    Technisch erstellt on 02.10.2024

    Technisch geändert on 02.10.2024