Meu Imposto de Renda vs WISO Steuer

Meu Imposto de Renda lets individuals resident in Brazil prepare and submit annual income tax, estate, and definitive departure declarations to Receita Federal. People can file through its online service and mobile channels, or download a declaration program for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Access requires a gov.br account at the Prata or Ouro level. After filing, users can track processing and review pending issues if a declaration is held for review, then submit a correction when appropriate. Online and mobile channels do not cover every filing: some foreign income, capital gains, variable income, and auxiliary rural activity declarations require the desktop program. The service also lists personal data it processes, including name, address, date of birth, and CPF, and says it does not process sensitive personal data. It says personal data is not shared with other institutions except in the case of Simples Nacional, and that it makes no international transfers of personal or sensitive personal data. The service is free for citizens.

WISO Steuer guides people through preparing and filing German income tax returns. Users can photograph wage statements and receipts for automatic recognition, and the software updates an expected refund estimate as information is entered. With consent, it can retrieve tax data such as wage-tax information from the tax administration. SteuerGPT answers tax questions in natural language, while Tax Banking can retrieve and categorize transactions when connected to a finanzblick account. Completed returns are sent electronically to the tax office using the official ELSTER interface. One license allows up to five returns, and eligibility is limited to people with unlimited tax liability in Germany. The software is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. A free test version allows all functions to be tried, with payment requested when submitting a return. The Vorteils-Abo costs €35.99 a year and renews automatically each November; Einzelkauf costs €45.99 a month, billed as a one-time purchase for a tax year. Buhl says data is stored on servers in Germany and protected with HTTPS and AES-256 encryption in transit and storage.