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Field help: (2021) Line 30 Income from life insurance policies

This text refers to the Steuererklärung 2021. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2024 at:
(2024): Line 30 Income from life insurance policies

Enter here the income from life insurance policies according to line 30 of your tax statement

  • that were concluded after 31.12.2004 and
  • whose benefit is payable after reaching the age of 60 and
  • after the expiry of twelve years since the conclusion of the contract were paid out.

Half of the capital gains from such life insurance policies are tax-exempt. The reduction for the half tax exemption is made by the tax office.

Please find the capital gains from a domestic insurance contract in the tax statement. In the case of a foreign insurance contract, you can determine the capital gains from the difference between the insurance benefit and the sum of the premiums paid on it.

In the case of income from unit-linked life insurance policies, only the amount resulting from the partial tax exemption within the meaning of sect. 20 para. 1 no. 6 sentence 9 of the Income Tax Act (EStG) is to be entered. Please find the value to be entered in the tax statement of your provider.