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Field help: (2018) Loss deduction or donation carryforward

This text refers to the Steuererklärung 2018. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2024 at:
(2024): Loss deduction or donation carryforward

Tick this box if you want to claim a loss deduction or a donation carryforward.

Loss carryback in the previous year: Negative income that is not balanced out in the year in which the loss occurs can be carried back in the previous year. Since 2013, an amount of up to 1 million Euro - up to 2 million Euro for married couples - can be carried back in the previous year.

Loss carryforward/donation carryforward to the following year: If the negative income is not or not completely offset in the previous year, you will receive an assessment notice on the "remaining loss carryforward". This amount is then deducted from the total amount of income in the income tax assessment for the following year up to a total amount of 1 million Euro - for married persons 2 million Euro. If the loss amount is even higher, the excess amount is offset up to 60% of the total income amount in the following year, so that 40% of the profit is always taxable.

Note: Negative income is currently not included in the calculation of SteuerGo.