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Field help: (2022) Profits are determined according to

This text refers to the Online Steuererklärung 2022. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2024 at:
(2024): Profits are determined according to

Select here how the profit calculation for your business is carried out:

  • Net income method (sect. 4 para. 3 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)): In the case of the net income method (EÜR), the profit is calculated by comparing income and expenditure. This type of profit calculation is suitable for smaller businesses.
  • Balance sheet (sect. 4 para. 1 or 5 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)): Accounting is considerably more complex, since an inventory must be carried out as well as a balance sheet (comparison of assets and liabilities) and a profit and loss account must be drawn up at the end of the year.

Either a balance sheet or the Form EÜR must be transmitted electronically to the tax office for each business.

The current rules for small businesses, under which companies with operating income of less than 22.000 Euro are allowed to calculate their profits informally, ceased to apply.

Exception: Employees and senior citizens who are not obliged to submit an electronic tax return and who receive expense allowances for their voluntary work up to the amount of the flat rate allowance for voluntary service of 840 Euro or the flat rate trainer's allowance of 3.000 Euro per year may continue to use the paper forms for their tax return. In many cases, at least, this is not objected to.