For the years 2020 and 2021, working people can benefit from the home office flat rate of five euros per day - under one important condition.
For working days on which employees worked exclusively in the
home office *
, you can
claim
the
home office flat rate
of five euros per day, up to a maximum of 600 euros per year,
as
income-related expenses
in the tax return. But watch out: the home office flat rate actually counts as income-
related
expenses
(and everyone automatically has a lump sum of 1,000 euros for
income-related expenses under
tax law). Advertising costs include, for example,
training
costs you
have paid yourself
,
expenses for work clothing
or
specialist literature
. Or, for example,
application costs
. So those costs that are related to the job.
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Therefore, ultimately, only those taxpayers who benefit from the home office flat rate benefit from the already applicable
advertising fee of 1,000 euros
.
In other words: the
maximum of 600 euros
is only profitable if the employee has additional
income-
related expenses.
Because only when all professional expenses together exceed the amount of 1,000 euros per year does this have a tax-reducing effect.
You can find out more about all relevant deadlines for tax returns here.
Most of them should not hope for
a
plus in their tax return
, explain the experts at Stiftung Warentest.
“Anyone who does not get more than 1,000 euros with a home office flat rate plus additional advertising costs, for example for a computer, cell phone or printer, will go
away
empty-handed,” it says in an article on
Test.de.
The flat rate should "only compensate for the elimination of the flat rate for daily trips to the office".
Those who have long commutes of more than 21 kilometers to work and work at home can “sell less than they were used to from previous years”.
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Home office flat rate applies to 2020 and 2021
According
to Stiftung Warentest, the home office
flat rate
is available for the years 2020 and 2021. The flat rate applies to all working people - “regardless of whether they are employed or self-employed.
Individually for each spouse, "it says on
Test.de
.
According to the experts, the information is provided in Appendix N of the tax return.
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