Field help:
(2023)
Did you receive income from a secondary occupation in a non-profit, charitable or church institution in 2023?
Choose "yes" here if you have received tax-free income from a secondary occupation in a non-profit, charitable or church institution.
If you have received tax-free income, enter here up to 840 Euro per year (allowance for voluntary service (Ehrenamtspauschale), sect. 3 no. 26a of the Income Tax Act (EStG)).
Examples of occupations subject to the 840 Euro tax relief (the letter from the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) dated 21.11.2014):
- Chairman, treasurer, secretary
- Groundsman, hall keeper, kit manager, note keeper, fire brigade equipment keeper
- Supervisors
- Office staff, cleaning staff
- Fathers or mothers driving their offspring to the football match
- Referee in the amateur field
- Helper for charitable organisations
- Helper in church life
- Care and training of animals, for example, racehorses and service dogs
- Animal keeper in an animal shelter
- Supervision in a swimming pool
- Parish Council
- Patient advocate in the hospital
Further informationabout the voluntary service allowance
