Deduct up to 5,200 euros from the tax: Which garden work you can declare in the tax return

Created: 08/09/2022 12:49 p.m

By: Juliane Gutmann

Study, childcare, donations: As a rule, a partial repayment beckons when the tax return is submitted.

Gardening is also tax deductible.

Regardless of whether you are a homeowner or renter: gardening work can be claimed for tax purposes – under certain conditions.

Anyone who is now looking for the receipts from their last visit to the garden center can be stopped:

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However, there are a number of gardening activities that can have a tax-reducing effect.

You can deduct gardening work in the tax return as

- up to 5,200 euros per year.

But not all gardening is tax deductible.

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These works in the garden can be declared in the tax

Are you a passionate hobby gardener?

It doesn't matter whether it's in the garden of your own home or on the terrace of a rented apartment: if you give your green thumb free rein,

The Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (mdr) provides information about activities that can be stated in the tax return (advertising link):

• Garden is newly laid out or redesigned (unless it is the garden for a newly built house)

• Tree felling work that is commissioned

• Service provider mows lawns, fights pests, trims hedges or clears paths

• Craftsmen create garden or swimming ponds, repair something, lay turf or paving stones or erect a garden wall or fence

• Labour, machine and travel costs, consumables (e.g. cover foils, cleaners)

• Disposal costs charged by a company

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Important to know: As household services and handicraft services, the above items can only be deducted from tax if the garden is part of a complex that is occupied by yourself.

According to the mdr, this also includes holiday apartments and allotment gardens in which one could live.

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Many tax offices only recognize the costs mentioned in the tax return if the proof of payment in the form of a transfer slip with a suitable account statement is attached to the corresponding invoice.

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