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How to deduct the costs for tax advisors and income tax assistance
Created: 01/11/2022, 3:54 PM
From: Juliane Gutmann
Do you trust a tax advisor with regard to your tax return?
Find out here how not to be left with the costs.
The tax return for 2020 is due on October 31, 2021. If you don't feel comfortable filling out the (online) forms yourself, you can contact a tax advisor. Do you shy away from the costs? Don't let that put you off: Most tax consultancy costs can be deducted from the income statement, informs the news portal
ntv
. And not only that:
In addition to the costs for the tax advisor, you can also claim payments to the income tax association, amounts for specialist books on the subject and online tax programs in your tax return.
The latter two items can even be completely deducted from tax *, informs the
Finanztip.de portal
. In principle, all expenses for tax advice that arise when determining income are deductible. Enter your costs for this as advertising or operating costs.
Tax consultancy costs that relate to private life cannot be deducted, as
ntv
further informs.
But what does the cost of living a private life count?
The tax office understands this to mean everything that falls into the area of the investments “child”, “maintenance”, “old-age provision” and “capital-forming benefits”
.
These investments have nothing to do with the determination of the income and are therefore not advertising costs, according to
Finanztip.de
.
If you still afford a tax advisor to fill out these forms, these are not unavoidable expenses, according to the Federal Fiscal Court, but costs of private life.
Those who shy away from filing a tax return can contact a tax advisor.
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Deducting tax consultants from tax: How do I proceed?
As
ntv
reports, you can deduct the following
tax consulting costs as a business expense
: Annex G (commercial enterprise), Annex S (self-employed work), Annex EÜR (income-surplus account) and Annex L (agriculture and forestry).
The following expenses can be specified as business expenses: Appendix N (non-self-employed work), Appendix V (renting and leasing), Appendix KAP (capital assets) or Appendix R (pensions).
Finanztip.de
recommends asking the tax advisor to show business and private costs separately in his invoice.
The tax office accepts expenses that can be assigned to both the professional and the private sector, up to an amount of 100 euros as mixed costs, it continues.
These mixed costs can be deducted in full as advertising costs.
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