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Travel
As a self-employed person, you can also claim additional expenses for meals on a business trip as a lump sum, just like employees: - for an absence of 8 to 24 hours from the...
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Quarantine
In the event of personal quarantine ordered by the public health department, self-employed persons are also compensated in accordance with §56 of the Protection against Infection...
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Office & administration expenses
For income taxes, clothing purchases will systematically be rejected by the tax authorities. The only exception is professional clothing imposed, for example, by labour...
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Legal & other fees
Don't worry, these legal costs are fully deductible for VAT and income tax. You spend those amounts during your work and they help you protect or increase your professional...
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Food & drinks
When you invite a business partner or customer to dinner in your office, from a tax point of view, it is like hosting a meal in a restaurant. You can therefore deduct 70% of the...
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Absagen
The public health department is responsible for the cancellation of an event, according to § 28 of the infection protection law. There is no right to compensation from the state...
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Vehicle
If the journey is for business reasons, you can deduct the parking fee from your tax bill. However, make a note of the business reason for the...
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Taxes & insurance
When using a home office that complies with the relevant regulations, a building insurance policy can be claimed for tax purposes according to the percentage of the office in the...
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Training and documentation
You can deduct all the costs you have to cover to train yourself in your professional activity. No matter what type of training you choose, as long as you can prove that it helps...
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Office & administration expenses
The cost of stationery such as pens, ink, files and other office supplies is 100 % deductible as business expenses. The condition is that you use the office materials for your...
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Art
A work of art is tax deductible if it depreciates over time. Whether the work of art is subject to depreciation or increases in value depends for the tax office on the reputation...
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Workspace
The condition for tax deductibility of the home office is that the room belongs to your private apartment or house. A work corner is not sufficient, it must be a closed room (but...
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Traveling
These costs are fully deductible (of course only if the trip has a professional purpose). You can also deduct a monthly ticket if this would be cheaper than the number of single...
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Office & administration expenses
You register with these associations to practice your profession: the costs associated with them are generally fully...
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Workspace
No worries: the items you buy for your office are 100% deductible, both for VAT and for income tax. This applies to all capital goods (eg furniture, refrigerators, etc.),...
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Marketing
Alcohol and tobacco are common business gifts. As with other business gifts, they are tax deductible if the appropriate rules are followed: Gifts to business partners are...
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Office and administration fees
Your postal and shipping costs are deductible for both VAT and income tax, as long as the costs are incurred for a business purpose. As a company, you will naturally need to send...
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Technology
You subscribe or buy a tool necessary for your professional activity (i.e. Accountable): it is fully deductible. Think about it: a wide range of software are potential good...
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Fines
Fines, even if imposed as part of the professional activity, are not deductible from income...
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Technology
If the computer or gadget is being used for professional purposes, then also the related insurance is...
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Technology
The cost of all technology that you use more than 90% professionally can be fully deducted (e.g. laptop, smartphone or monitor). Even private tech can be tax-deductible if you use...
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Coronavirus related costs
The German government has launched a package of measures to cushion the effects of the corona virus for companies and the self-employed (link:...
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Travels
Hotel overnight stays for business purposes are tax deductible. If the overnight stay includes breakfast, the following applies: If the price for breakfast is shown on the hotel...
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Office & administration expenses
You can deduct your subscriptions to all the insurance you need for your professional activity. Be careful, there is no VAT impact for insurance: these products are invoiced...
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Interest and bank charges
Do you have a property that you pay a mortgage on? If you have a home office here, you can partially deduct the interest from tax. However, the following rules apply: - You can...
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Marketing
Gifts to business partners are tax-deductible if the gift is for business reasons, there is no service of trade in return and the costs do not exceed EUR 35. If the cost of the...
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Office & administration expenses
These expenses are 100% deductible for both income tax and VAT. The key is naturally to be able to prove the useful and/or necessary link to the practice of your professional...
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Food & reception
It is a well-known trap: it is often difficult to prove the professional nature of these expenses. The only exception is to demonstrate that these expenses are made for a...
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Interest and banking fees
The bank charges for your business account are tax deductible. This includes all costs related to the EC card, credit card or current account. The costs you pay for your bank...
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Interest and bank charges
When it is linked to your freelance activity, interest is deductible. This also means that interest on loans you use to finance private investments is not deductible...
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Flights
Flying to a conference, a client or another destination for professional purposes? Your ticket is deductible for your income tax, and VAT (only for national flights). Tickets for...
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Food & drinks
For business meals in restaurants, hotels, etc., only 70 % of the reasonable and proven entertainment costs may be deducted as business expenses. The invoiced turnover tax is...
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