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Lohnsteuer kompakt FAQs

 


Service charges

This text refers to the Steuererklärung 2024. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2025 at:
(2025): Service charges



Which costs can I deduct as income-related expenses?

If you rent out a property, you can deduct all expenses related to the property as income-related expenses.

These include, among others:

  • Property tax
  • Loan interest
  • Depreciation
  • Insurance premiums
  • Costs for electricity, water and heating, sewage, waste disposal, etc.
  • Expenses for caretakers and property management
  • Cosmetic repairs
  • Costs for furniture in furnished rentals
  • Travel expenses to the property

You can also declare service charges billed to the tenant as income-related expenses if they are included as income in the tax return.

(2024): Which costs can I deduct as income-related expenses?


Field help

Designation

Here you can enter the current operating costs and service charges incurred for the maintenance of the property.

Amount

Specify the amount of the expenses.

Depreciation is applied to ...

Specify here if the expenses apply to the entire building or flat or only to the space rented out. Lohnsteuer kompakt then automatically calculates the proportion that is attributable to the leasing based on the recorded area shares.

If you choose No, the programme assumes that the expenses are exclusively related to the rental and are therefore fully tax-deductible.

Service charges

Total of all service charges that you have entered so far.

The rounded individual values are used to determine the total.


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