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Service charges received
Enter the amount of the allocations and additional costs received.
Allocations / additional costs include:
- Heating,
- Electricity,
- Water and sewage,
- House and hall lighting,
- Chimney sweeper,
- House cleaning,
- Street cleaning,
- Garbage disposal,
- Community antenna,
- Building insurance,
- Tax on land and buildings.
The additional costs can - at least partially - be allocated to the tenants. In this case, the allocated costs are to be recognised as income. On the other hand, you may claim the costs incurred as income-related expenses (Federal Fiscal Court's (BFH) judgement of 14.12.1999, BStBl. 2000 II p. 197).
Specify whether the property was rented to relatives in whole or in part.
Who is considered to be a relative?
According to sect. 15 of the Fiscal Code (AO), the following persons are considered relatives:
- Spouses or life partners
- Direct relatives by birth or marriage, for example, parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren
- Siblings
- Nieces and nephews
- Spouses or life partners of the siblings
- Sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law
- Uncles and aunts
- Fiancée
- Persons with a special close relationship, for example, long-term life partners with personal and economic ties
Tax audit in the case of rental to relatives
The tax office checks rentals to relatives particularly to ensure that the rental conditions are not unreasonable. The following rules apply:
- Rent at least 66% of the local market rent:
The rental is considered to be on a full-pay basis. Income-related expenses can be deducted in full. - Rent below 66% but above 50% of the market rent:
The rental is considered a reduced-rate lease. A share of the income-related expenses is deductible. In addition, a total profit forecast is required.
Positive result: Full deduction of income-related expenses.
Negative result: Only a proportion of income-related expenses deductible. - Rent below 50% of the market rent:
The rental is divided into a paid and a free part. Income-related expenses are only deductible for the paid part.
Example: The usual local rent is 1.000 Euro:
- If you rent a property for 700 Euro (70%), you can deduct the full amount of the income-related expenses.
- If the rent is 500 Euro (50%), the income-related expenses are taken into account proportionately.
- If the rent is less than 500 Euro, the income-related expenses are only deductible for the paid part.
Rental income
Rental income
Rental income
Enter here the amount of the annual rent received without allocations and VAT.
The inflow principle applies for tax purposes to rental income and allocations: Income is taxable in the year in which you receive it (sect. 11 of the Income Tax Act (EStG)). The time period for which the funds are paid is generally irrelevant.
Please enter any VAT amounts received on the page "Mieteinnahmen > Weitere Einnahmen".
Bezeichnung
For example, you can enter the floor, the number of the flat or the name of the tenant as the name of the residential unit.
Total rental income for flats rented out to relatives
Did you receive additional payments or refunds in 2024?
Did you receive additional payments or refunds in 2024?
If you have already settled ongoing allocations with your tenants, for example, by means of a service charge statement, please enter the additional payment made by your tenants in the year 2024 or the amount refunded by you to your tenants. These amounts are usually derived from the service charge statement for the year 2023.
Additional payments received
Additional payments received
Enter here the amount of the additional payments received.
Refunds made
Refunds made
Enter here the amount of the additional payments received.
Enter the living space here as you have rented out to relatives.