Field help: Amount

Although a retiree, like an active civil servant, continues to be considered an employee, he or she is not entitled to the employee's allowance of 1.230 Euro. Instead, retirees — like pensioners — receive a flat-rate income-related allowance of 102 Euro.

If you have actually incurred higher income-related expenses in connection with pension payments, you can enter them here.

Deductible income-related expenses in connection with pension payments for several years include, but are not restricted to

• lawyer's fees,
• tax consultant costs,
• legal costs: court costs and exceptional costs,
• postage,
• telephone costs,
• travel costs (travel allowance, 30 cents per kilometre),
• expenses for travel by public transport,
• other pension-related costs.