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Have you donated to charitable, non-profit or church organisations?
Select Yes here to provide information about your donations and membership fees for tax-privileged purposes. Tax-privileged purposes are non-profit, charitable or church purposes.
Donations for this purpose can be deducted as special expenses up to 20% of the total income.
For donations up to 300 Euro, the payment receipt or bank statement is sufficient.
Examples of organisations that qualify as tax-privileged:
- SOS Children's Villages
- German Red Cross
- Doctors without Borders (Ärzte ohne Grenzen e.V.)
- Veterinarians without Borders (Tierärzte ohne Grenzen e.V.)
- Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V.
- Aktionsgruppe Kinder in Not e.V.
- Albert-Schweitzer-Kinderdorf Hessen e.V.
- Society for Threatened Peoples International
- World Vision Deutschland e.V.
- Deutscher Caritasverband e.V.
- Deutscher Tierschutzbund e.V.
- Kindernothilfe e.V.
- Welthungerhilfe e.V. (German for World Hunger Aid)
- UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe e.V.
- Deutsches Katholisches Blindenwerk e.V. (German Catholic Association for the Blind)
- Deutsche Blindenhilfswerk e.V. (German Association for the Blind)
- Counselling centres for drug addicts
- Research institutes
- Art exhibitions
- Art collections
- Museums
- Theatres
- Universities
- Singing clubs (not membership fees)
- Music clubs (not membership fees)
Important: Membership fees for leisure clubs, such as sports clubs, local associations, animal breeding, singing and music clubs, etc., are not considered for tax purposes.
