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Field help: Did you receive income from a secondary occupation in a non-profit, charitable or church institution in 2025?

Select "yes" here if you have received tax-free income from part-time work for a charitable, benevolent or religious organisation.

If you have received tax-free income, enter up to 840 Euro per year (volunteering allowance, § 3 No. 26a EStG) here.

Examples of activities eligible for the 840 Euro tax allowance (BMF letter dated 21.11.2014):

  • Club board member, treasurer, cashier, secretary.
  • Groundskeeper, hall manager, equipment manager, music librarian, fire service equipment manager.
  • Supervisors.
  • Office staff, cleaning staff.
  • Parents driving their children to football matches.
  • Referee in amateur sports.
  • Volunteers at welfare organisations.
  • Volunteers in church activities.
  • Care and training of animals, e.g. racehorses and service dogs.
  • Animal carers in an animal shelter.
  • Supervisory duties in a swimming pool.
  • Church council.
  • Patient advocates in hospitals.

Further information on the volunteering allowance