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Werbungskosten – Berufsgruppenpauschale Stadt-, Gemeinde- oder Ortsvertretung
In addition to your job, you are also politically active locally - You can then deduct up to €2,628 from your taxes. But only if you apply for it correctly. With RelaxTax that is very easy for you.
In the most beautiful official german law text it is said as follows:
§ 1.
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:
10. Mitglieder einer Stadt-, Gemeinde- oder Ortsvertretung
15% der Bemessungsgrundlage, mindestens 438 Euro jährlich, höchstens 2 628 Euro jährlich. Der Mindestbetrag kann nicht zu negativen Einkünften führen.
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