Make sense of German bureaucracy
Every German letter, deadline, and benefit — in one calm place.
Klartext reads your official German mail in plain language, keeps every deadline in one place, and surfaces the support you may be entitled to. Built for people finding their way through life in Germany.
Information, not legal or tax advice. Always check the official source for your case.
What Klartext does
Understand any letter
Photograph or upload an official letter and read it back in plain language — with every stated deadline laid out for you to confirm.
Never miss a deadline
Every obligation in one calendar, with email reminders and sync to Google, Apple, or Outlook.
Claim what you're owed
See the benefits and entitlements you may be eligible for, each with an official check and how to claim it.
Finish the paperwork
Step-by-step guides for tasks like Anmeldung that remember where you left off.
Procedures
Procedure guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs that remember where you left off.
- Register your address in Berlin (Anmeldung)
- Register your address in Düsseldorf (Anmeldung)
- Renew your residence permit (Aufenthaltstitel)
- Open a German bank account and understand Schufa
- You missed a deadline — what you can still do
- Claim child benefit (Kindergeld)
- Sign up for health insurance (Krankenkasse)
- Register for the broadcasting fee (Rundfunkbeitrag)
- Get your tax ID (steuerliche Identifikationsnummer)
Benefits
Benefits & entitlements
Support you may be eligible for — and how to claim it.
- Unemployment benefit (Arbeitslosengeld I)
- Student support (BAföG)
- Education & participation package (Bildung und Teilhabe)
- Basic income support (Bürgergeld)
- Parental allowance (Elterngeld)
- Start-up grant (Gründungszuschuss)
- Basic security in old age (Grundsicherung im Alter)
- Childcare-cost deduction (Kinderbetreuungskosten)
- Child benefit (Kindergeld)
- Supplementary child allowance (Kinderzuschlag)
- Commuter allowance (Entfernungspauschale)
- Riester pension subsidy (Riester-Zulage)
- Broadcasting-fee exemption (Rundfunkbeitrag-Befreiung)
- Work-expense deductions (Werbungskosten)
- Housing benefit (Wohngeld)
Privacy by design
Built to be trusted with sensitive mail
Your letters come from tax offices, insurers, and authorities, so we treat them accordingly: EU hosting, no third-party trackers or advertising, and you decide how long we keep anything. We're also honest, in plain words, about the one step that leaves the EU.
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