Field help: (2021) Designation of the administrative costs This text refers to the Steuererklärung 2021. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2025 at: (2025): Designation of the administrative costs Here you can enter the current administrative costs incurred for the property maintenance.Administrative costs may not be passed on to the tenants but can be recognised as income-related expenses.Typical administrative costs include:Administrative feesLabour costsCosts for self-administrationTelephone, postage, travel expensesCosts for finding a suitable tenantCompensation payments to tenants for vacating the apartmentAccount charges (rental account)Costs for legal disputes arising from the tenancy agreementContributions to house and landowners associations