Work expenses: what employees can deduct
Costs you have for your job lower your tax – but only once together they exceed the employee lump sum (Arbeitnehmer-Pauschbetrag).
Commute
For every day you travel to your regular place of work, the commuting allowance counts – by car, bike or train. The app asks for days and kilometres and does the maths.
Home office
For days you mainly work from home there is a daily lump sum up to a yearly maximum. The app makes sure a day does not count twice.
Work equipment and training
Laptop, specialist books, courses or application costs: what you mainly use for work can count. For more expensive equipment the amount is spread over several years.
See the real effect
A deduction is not the same as a refund. The app shows how much tax each item really saves – only above the lump sum does something change.
General information, not individual tax advice. Status of these texts: draft, professional review pending.