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Field help: (2023) Type of costs

This text refers to the Steuererklärung 2023. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2025 at:
(2025): Type of costs

Enter here all expenses for a public school.

This also includes school fees for private vocational schools, regardless of whether the school is located in Germany or in another EU/EEA country. Beneficiaries are schools that lead to a recognised school, year or vocational qualification.

Please indicate:

  • Annual school fees
  • Payments to sponsoring associations to cover school costs
  • Costs for school trips and excursions covered by the school
  • Proportionate costs for rental and personnel expenses of the school
  • Proportional costs for maintenance, insurance and teaching materials

Not deductible are:

  • Accommodation, care and meal expenses
  • Payments to tutoring facilities, music schools, sports clubs, holiday courses and tuition fees for universities and colleges
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