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Field help: (2022) Rented area

This text refers to the Online Steuererklärung 2022. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2024 at:
(2024): Rented area

Enter here the living space that was rented to relatives for payment.

As of 1 January 2021, there is an important change:

  • If the agreed rent is at least 66% of the local market rent, the expenses are fully deductible as income-related expenses.
  • If the agreed rent is between 50% and 66% of the market rent, the intention to generate income must be examined and an income prediction is required for this purpose:
  • If the income prediction is positive, the income-related expenses are fully deductible.
  • If the income prediction is negative, the income-related expenses are to be divided and only deductible proportionally.
  • If the agreed rent is less than 50% of the local market rent, the transfer of use is to be divided into a paid and a free part. The expenses are only deductible as income-related expenses in proportion to the paid part.