Are you one of those people who take long journeys and delays every day to get to work?
You should state this in your tax return.
An enormous number of people commute to work.
Figures from the Federal Employment Agency, which were evaluated by the Left in the Bundestag, show that 3.4 million people in Germany had their place of work in a federal state other than their own place of residence last year.
The commuter allowance is interesting for this group.
When does the commuter allowance apply?
The commuter flat rate * applies to the way to your so-called
"first place of work"
.
According to
lohnsteuer-kompakt.de,
the
first place of work is
the
permanent company establishment of
the employer, an affiliated company or a third party appointed by the employer to which you are permanently assigned by the employer.
If you work at
several different
places of
work
, your employer will define one of them as the “first place of work”, for which the flat-rate commuter allowance then applies as normal.
You can then simply bill the journey to and from the other offices as a business trip.
Here the tax credit for the easy route with
30 cents per kilometer of distance
and from
21 km
then
35 cents
commuter tax.
From 2024 to December 31, 2026, there should be 38 cents from the 21st kilometer.
Incidentally, the
mileage allowance
applies
despite petrol vouchers
or
travel
allowances of
up to 44 euros per month
from your employer.
Incidentally, you can pay off the commuter flat rate not only by bus and train, but also on foot, by bike and of course by car as a driver or passenger.
This flat-rate distance allowance can also be deducted as a family for trips together as part of managing two households.
However, you have a
total annual budget
of
4,500 euros in
terms
of
the commuter allowance.
As a driver, you can handle this sum with odometer readings and invoices for inspections.
And there is also not necessarily a maximum upper limit for train drivers if the ticket costs combined exceed this value.
Train and plane tickets, expense reports or hotel bills for business trips and further training: collect the
receipts for your tax return.
If more than 10.00 euros add up in one year, you can
save tax
with every additional euro
.
As an employee, giving the information to travel costs on the
second side of the plant N
one.
Source: test.de
Also interesting: Tax return:
With these costs you get a lot of money back.
Making detours to work - not always wrong:
You actually receive the commuter allowance for the daily commute for the
shortest connection
between your place of residence and your place of work.
In some cases, however, you can also use a different road connection than the shortest in your tax return if, for example,
frequent traffic jams are avoided
through the detour
, as can be seen in a letter from the Federal Ministry of Finance dated October 31, 2013.
Additional costs for parking tickets, car financing or insurance can
not be deducted
, as the
test.de
portal
informs.
(Clara Kistner) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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Attention taxpayers: Here you can save a lot of taxes in the coming year.
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