SteuerGo FAQs

Field help: (2018) Donations and membership fees for tax-privileged purposes

Tick this box to provide information about your donations and membership fees for tax-privileged purposes. Tax-privileged purposes are non-profit, charitable or church purposes.

Donations for this purpose can be deducted as special expenses up to 20% of the total income.

For donations up to 200 Euro, the payment receipt or bank statement is sufficient.

Examples of organisations that qualify as tax-privileged:

• SOS Children's Villages
• German Red Cross
• Doctors without Borders (Ärzte ohne Grenzen e.V.)
• Veterinarians without Borders (Tierärzte ohne Grenzen e.V.)
• Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V.
• Aktionsgruppe Kinder in Not e.V.
• Albert-Schweitzer-Kinderdorf Hessen e.V.
• Society for Threatened Peoples International
• World Vision Deutschland e.V.
• Deutscher Caritasverband e.V.
• Deutscher Tierschutzbund e.V.
• Kindernothilfe e.V.
• Welthungerhilfe e.V. (German for World Hunger Aid)
• UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe e.V.
• Deutsches Katholisches Blindenwerk e.V. (German Catholic Association for the Blind)
• Deutsche Blindenhilfswerk e.V. (German Association for the Blind)
• Counselling centres for drug addicts
• Research institutes
• Art exhibitions
• Art collections
• Museums
• Theatres
• Universities
• Singing clubs (not membership fees)
• Music clubs (not membership fees)

Important: Membership fees for leisure clubs, such as sports clubs, local associations, animal breeding, singing and music clubs, etc., are not considered for tax purposes.