Field help: (2024) Did you have any telephone or internet costs?

Select "yes" if you have incurred work-related expenses for telephone or internet.

This information is relevant for employees who, as a result of their professional activities, have incurred costs for telephone and/or internet use. This includes, for example, business phone calls, e-mails or business-related internet research.

Flat-rate cost approach: You can claim 20% of the total costs for telephone and internet against tax. The maximum amount that can be deducted is 20 Euro per month (240 Euro per year). This flat-rate allowance is automatically taken into account when you enter your total costs on the following pages. In this case, supporting documents are not required.

Alternative cost approach: You can claim a higher professional portion of the costs if your professional use is proven to be higher than the flat rate. To do this, please enter the professionally used portion directly on the following pages.

Important: In this case, you must be able to provide appropriate proof (e.g. receipts or itemised statements of professional use).