Werbungskosten – Berufsgruppenpauschale Journalisten

If you are an employee and work as a journalist for small or large media - then you can deduct up to €3,942 from your taxes. But only if you apply for it correctly. With RelaxTax you are setup for success!



In the most beautiful official german law text it is said as follows:


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Für nachstehend genannte Gruppen von Steuerpflichtigen werden nach den jeweiligen Erfahrungen der Praxis anstelle des Werbungskostenpauschbetrages gemäß § 16 Abs. 3 EStG 1988 folgende Werbungskosten auf die Dauer des aufrechten Dienstverhältnisses festgelegt:

4. Journalisten

7,5% der Bemessungsgrundlage, höchstens 3 942 Euro jährlich.

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