SteuerGo FAQs

(2023) What can be deducted for work on a vehicle?

If you carry out your professional activity on a vehicle, you generally do not have a "main place of work", so the activity is considered off-site work.

This applies to, for example:

• Professional drivers,
• Coach drivers,
• Bus drivers,
• Tram drivers,
• Refuse collectors,
• Taxi drivers,
• Train drivers (exception: works railway drivers).

You often have to report to a fixed location (pick-up point) to take over the vehicle.

Tax-deductible expenses at a glance:

• Journeys between home and pick-up point: Only travel allowance (30 cents per kilometre; 38 cents from the 21st kilometre).
• Meal allowances for absences of more than 8 hours can be claimed in addition to the travel allowance.
• Professional drivers can claim an overnight allowance of 8 Euro per calendar day, in addition to the normal meal allowance. The overnight allowance applies to arrival and departure days as well as each calendar day with 24-hour absence during off-site work in Germany or abroad (§ 9 Abs. 1 Satz 3 Nr. 5b EStG).