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Field help: Have you incurred any other costs because of disability?

Select Yes if you want to claim other disability-related expenses.

Other disability-related expenses include all costs that people with disabilities incur as a result of their illness or disability.

  • Walking stick for the blind / mobility training
  • Guide dog incl. food and training costs
  • Disability-related private journeys (for "aG", "H", "Bl" marks)
  • Modification costs for a car suitable for persons with disabilities (for the "aG" mark)

From 2021: New flat rate for disability-related travel expenses

Vehicle costs for unavoidable journeys due to the disability of persons with a degree of disability of at least 80 or of persons whose degree of disability is at least 70 and who are at the same time impaired in walking and standing (mark "G" or orange-coloured area imprint on the severely disabled pass).

From 2021 onwards, a new disability-related travel allowance has been stipulated in the law for the aforementioned persons: It will amount to for the

  • first group: 900 Euro,
  • second group: 4.500 Euro.

As before, the tax office will offset the reasonable burden in relation to these flat rates (sect. 33 para. 2a of the Income Tax Act (EStG), introduced by the "Disabled Persons Allowance Act" (Behinderten-Pauschbetragsgesetz) of 9 December 2020).