State income-related expenses on your tax return

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Income from employment is taxed monthly by deducting wage tax. Business expenses are claimed in the tax return. However, there is the possibility of deducting high business expenses from your income during the current year by entering an allowance on your income tax card. Even if the amount of your business expenses is not sufficient for entry on the income tax card, it is always worthwhile to submit a tax return to the tax office at the end of the year.

Office supplies are, for example, advertising expenses.
Office supplies are, for example, advertising expenses.

Definition of income-related expenses for tax returns

  • Business expenses are expenses for the acquisition, security and maintenance of the income. In other words, all that you spend in order to be able to do your job.
  • Business expenses that you can claim in your tax return include ride costs, Contributions to professional associations, expenses for work equipment and the home office, additional expenses for double housekeeping, additional meal expenses and other business expenses.
  • Travel expenses for the way between home and work
  • Expenses for journeys between home and work can be taken into account at 0.30 EUR per kilometer. Just take the number of kilometers for the one-way distance of the shortest route.
  • With the approach of the distance flat rate, all expenses, such as underground parking garage rental, parking fees, parking tickets, are covered.
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  • costs For a traffic accident that happened on the way to work or on the way home, you can claim income-related expenses in addition to the flat-rate distance allowance.

State expenses for work equipment in the tax return

  • Depending on the type of work you do, you can enter the following income-related expenses in your tax return without going through Having to provide evidence: Expenses for specialist literature with 110 EUR and for the purchase and cleaning of work clothing 102 EUR. If you can provide evidence of higher costs, then enter the higher costs.
  • If you carry out your professional activity predominantly from home and have a study for it, you can pay the pro rata rent, electricity and heating costs, renovation costs, etc. assert. Expenses for the study are deductible up to EUR 1,250.
  • Depending on the profession, it is possible to have the costs for a PC and a proportion of the costs for a DSL connection recognized as advertising costs.

Other advertising expenses

  • Enter your training costs - seminar fees, travel costs for the return trip, accommodation costs, additional meals - as additional income-related expenses. A flat fee for account management fees of EUR 16 will also be paid from Tax office recognized without any problems. If you have moved for professional reasons, you can either choose a flat rate, the amount of which is Your marital status depends, or the actual costs as other income-related expenses do.
  • If you have a second apartment at the place of employment for professional reasons, you will bear the incurred Costs such as rent, electricity and heating costs, insurance and costs for the journey home, in your tax return a. If the total of your income-related expenses is the flat-rate income-related expenses of EUR 920 granted to each employee is not exceeded, the flat rate for income-related expenses will automatically be included in your tax assessment considered.

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