How should I document expenses for pregnancy and childbirth?

You must provide evidence of expenses for medication, remedies, or special courses, such as antenatal classes. The tax office also requires you to prove the medical necessity of the treatments. For this, you need a medical officer's certificate. It is important that the certificate was issued before the costs were incurred.

As soon as you have a certificate from your doctor recommending a particular measure or medication, collect the receipts. You can deduct expenses for pregnancy and childbirth together with other general extraordinary burdens if they exceed your reasonable personal burden. Only at the end of the year will it be clear how much your expenses for remedies and treatments actually are.

You can then use our overview to calculate whether it is worthwhile to include them in your tax return, as the tax office deducts your reasonable personal burden from the actual expenses. Only the remaining amount will reduce your tax.