Is this real we can have tax rebate with our train tickets????

Ms Immanuel

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Member since 27 April 2013

Ms Immanuel

09 October 2013 13:56:16

Ms Immanuel

09 October 2013 13:56:16

Dear all,

Recently, I have heard sb say that we can have our tax rebate with our train tickets in Germany. I have searched on the internet but I can't find any further details.
Is that real? And if yes, how???

Millions Thanks and have a good day

beppi

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Member since 08 August 2010

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beppi

10 October 2013 14:33:19

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beppi

10 October 2013 14:33:19

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In your yearly tax declaration, you can offset from your taxable income all expenses that are necessary to make that income.
Thus if you have to travel on business (and the costs are not reimbursed by your employer), you can offset the train tickets for those trips.
The daily trips from your home to work and back are already offset automatically (with €0.30/km), so tickets for that cannot be claimed separately.
For more information, ask a tax consultant, as things are quite complicated (and as a non-native speaker you won't be able to correctly prepare a tax declaration anyway).