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Enter here the actual operating expenses or the relevant business expense allowance.
You can claim the following business expense allowances:
- for full-time self-employed work as a writer or journalist in the amount of 30% of the operating income, up to a maximum of 2.455 Euro per year.
- for part-time scientific, artistic or literary activities, including lecturing or teaching and examination duties, up to 25% of the company's operating income, up to a maximum of 614 Euro per year.
- As a day nanny: 300 Euro for full-time care of a child per month
- for part-time tax-privileged employment as an instructor, trainer, conductor, choirmaster, team leader, church musician, artist, examiner, youth leader, holiday caretaker etc. in the amount of 2.400 Euro per year (so-called trainer allowance according to sect. 3, no. 26 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)). The employment must be carried out for a non-profit organisation or a legal entity under public law and serve non-profit, charitable or church purposes.
- for part-time voluntary work as a functionary, board member, fire fighting equipment keeper, kit keeper etc. in the amount of 720 Euro (so-called tax allowance for voluntary work according to sect. 3, no. 26a of the Income Tax Act (EStG)).
- for tax-privileged work as a legal advisor, guardian or carer in the amount of 2.400 Euro per year (so-called care allowance according to sect. 3, no. 26b of the Income Tax Act (EStG)).
Select the type of job for which you want to claim a business allowance:
- for full-time self-employed work as a writer or journalist in the amount of 30% of the operating income, up to a maximum of 2.455 Euro per year.
- for part-time scientific, artistic or literary activities, including lecturing or teaching and examination duties, up to 25% of the company's operating income, up to a maximum of 614 Euro per year.
- As a day nanny: 300 Euro for full-time care of a child per month
- for part-time tax-privileged employment as an instructor, trainer, conductor, choirmaster, team leader, church musician, artist, examiner, youth leader, holiday caretaker etc. in the amount of 2.400 Euro per year (so-called trainer allowance according to sect. 3, no. 26 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)). The employment must be carried out for a non-profit organisation or a legal entity under public law and serve non-profit, charitable or church purposes.
- for part-time voluntary work as a functionary, board member, fire fighting equipment keeper, kit keeper etc. in the amount of 720 Euro (so-called tax allowance for voluntary work according to sect. 3, no. 26a of the Income Tax Act (EStG)).
- for tax-privileged work as a legal advisor, guardian or carer in the amount of 2.400 Euro per year (so-called care allowance according to sect. 3, no. 26b of the Income Tax Act (EStG)).
Enter here the expense allowances (operating income) you have received from public funds. This includes the income for a
- Part-time occupation as a trainer, educator, supervisor or for a comparable part-time job,
- Part-time artistic occupation,
- Part-time care of the elderly, sick or disabled people,
- Other part-time work in the non-profit, charitable or church sector,
- Part-time occupation as a legal guardian, custodian or nurse.
If the prerequisites for the trainer's standard allowance are met, the income of up to 2.400 Euro per year is exempt of tax and social security contributions.
The trainer's allowance is tied to the following conditions:
- The employment must be carried out in the service or on behalf of a public or public-law institution, a non-profit association, a church or comparable institution for the promotion of non-profit, charitable or church purposes.
- The occupation may not be exercised as the main occupation, whereby a job is considered a secondary occupation if it does not occupy more than one-third of a comparable full-time occupation.
Select here how the profit for your self-employed occupation is determined:
- Net income method (sect. 4 para. 3 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)): With 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 and a balance sheet (comparison of assets and liabilities) and a profit and loss account must be prepared at the end of the year.
Either a balance sheet or a Form EÜR must be transmitted electronically to the tax office for each self-employed occupation.
The previous rules for small businesses, under which companies with operating income of less than 17.500 Euro were allowed to calculate their profits informally, ceased to apply in the fiscal year 2017.
Exception: Only employees and senior citizens who are not obliged to submit an electronic tax return and who receive expense allowances up to the maximum amount of 720 Euro per year for their voluntary work or 2.400 Euro per year for work as a trainer may continue to use the paper forms for their tax return.If you have already created the Form EÜR with another programme, select "The Form EÜR has already been created".
If you want to create the Form EÜR with SteuerGo, select "The net income should be calculated (EÜR) using form-based input".
Either a balance sheet or a Form EÜR must be transmitted electronically to the tax office for each business.
The previous rules for small businesses, under which companies with operating income of less than 17.500 Euro were allowed to calculate their profits informally, ceased to apply in the fiscal year 2017.
Exception: Only employees and senior citizens who are not obliged to submit an electronic tax return and who receive expense allowances up to the maximum amount of 720 Euro per year for their voluntary work or 2.400 Euro per year for work as a trainer may continue to use the paper forms for their tax return.
The profit and loss statement produced according to the net income method is standardised and uses the form with the German name "EÜR". You are obliged to submit this Form EÜR if your profits are not calculated through full accounts (balance sheet method).
Note: If you do not comply with your obligation to submit the Form EÜR, the tax office can threaten and impose a penalty payment. However, the tax office may not demand a late filing penalty, because the Form EÜR is not part of the tax declaration (Regional Tax Office Rhineland (OFD Rheinland) from 21.02.2006, S 2500-1000-St 1).
As a rule, Form EÜR (net income method form) must be attached to the tax return for each occupation or business.
The income according to the net income method is shown here.
Click on the button "Form EÜR" to edit the net income method.
Click on the "Form EÜR" button to edit the net income method (Einnahmenüberschussrechnung).
Since 2005, the net income method has been standardised (sect. 60, para. 4 and sect. 84, para. 3c of the Income Tax Act Enforcement Order (EStDV)). This means that if you use the net income method, you must complete the official "Form EÜR" and send it electronically to the tax office.
Specify the tax-free payments received.
Choose the type of occupation for which you received income from self-employment.
- If you are a freelancer, choose "from freelance work".
- If your law firm, practice, office, etc. is not located in the same municipality as your place of residence, the company tax office will determine the profit separately. For this purpose, you must submit a "declaration for separate - and uniform - determination" to the company tax office. In this case, please select "according to separate determination".
- If you work as a freelancer together with other freelancers, for example, in a law firm, office or joint practice, or if you hold an interest in a partner company, select "from a partnership" here.
- Select "from an occupation with business expense allowance" if you can claim a business expense allowance.
- Select "from a secondary job on a self-employed basis (e.g. sports coach)" if you want to enter income from part-time beneficiary work. Only enter secondary jobs with the associated earnings, which remain tax-free up to certain maximum amounts.
Check this box if Capital gains accrued according to § 16 EStG.
Important note: Capital gains are not included in the calculation of %PROGRAM%.
Tick this box if capital losses in accordance with sect. 16 of the Income Tax Act (EStG) have been incurred.
Important note: The capital losses are not considered in the calculation of SteuerGo.
Specify the profit or loss from your self-employed full-time or part-time occupation according to your separately prepared net income method (EÜR) or according to your balance sheet (Bilanz). You must provide detailed information on your income and expenditures in the tax Form EÜR (net income method).
Indicate a loss by a minus sign ("-") in front of it.
Either a balance sheet or a Form EÜR must be transmitted electronically to the tax office for each self-employed occupation.
The previous rules for small businesses, under which companies with operating income of less than 17.500 Euro were allowed to calculate their profits informally, ceased to apply in the fiscal year 2017. Only employees and senior citizens who are not obliged to submit an electronic tax return and who receive expense allowances up to the maximum amount of 720 Euro per year for their voluntary work or 2.400 Euro per year for work as a trainer may continue to use the paper forms for their tax return.
Enter tax-free income from a self-employed full-time or part-time job that is subject to the partial income procedure.
According to sect. 3, no. 40 of the Income Tax Act (EStG), the tax-free part amounts to 40% of the income.
Please check carefully what amount of the partial income was certified. You may have to subtract or convert the tax-free part of the income.
Enter other profits (extraordinary income) contained in the above-mentioned profit which are tax-privileged by the fifth regulation (sect. 34 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)). This may be the case by:
- Compensation to replace lost or missing income.
- Compensation for the termination or non-execution of an occupation, for the termination of profit participation or entitlement to profit participation.
- Indemnities as compensation payments to sales agents in accordance with sect. 89b of the Commercial Code (HGB).
- Usage fees and interest within the meaning of sect. 24, no. 3 of the Income Tax Act (EStG), if they are paid subsequently for a period of more than 3 years.
- Remuneration for several years' work.
- Income from extraordinary wood usage within the meaning of sect. 34b, para. 1, no. 1 of the Income Tax Act (EStG).
You do not need to apply for the consideration of the fifth regulation. The tax office automatically checks whether the normal taxation or the reduced taxation under the fifth regulation is more favourable for you.