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Monday, November 30, 2020
The coalition is apparently planning a tax break for those who work a lot from home due to the corona pandemic. Until now, the tax office hardly recognizes the costs of the home workplace; now it should be five euros a day. But all the details of the deal have not yet been finalized.
The coalition wants to give tax breaks to those who work a lot at home due to the corona pandemic. According to a report by the “FAZ”, the financial politicians of the Union and the SPD agreed on a new lump sum of taxes of five euros per day. You should be able to claim a maximum of 600 euros per year.
The Federal Ministry of Finance calculated the associated relief for citizens at 1 billion euros, initially it was assumed to be 1.5 billion euros. The flat fee is the flexible response to embedded jurisprudence at the head office, CSU finance politician Sebastian Brehm told the newspaper.
According to the report, it has not yet been finally decided whether the new home office flat rate will be granted in addition to the € 1,000 employee flat rate. If this were run separately, everyone would benefit directly, depending on the individual workload. If the home office flat rate is treated like other employee income related expenses, that would mean that only those with income related expenses of more than 1000 euros will benefit.
The Federal Ministry of Finance pronounces in favor of the latter: “If the central office flat rate were granted independently, that is, in addition to the flat rate for advertising expenses, this would be an excessive benefit (and therefore therefore constitutionally doubtful) “, quoted the” FAZ “of an updated concept of the ministry.
Suggestion of Hesse and Bavaria
Until now, the tax office has only recognized home workplace costs if a room is used almost exclusively as an office. Then the tax base can be reduced by up to 1200 euros per year, the office furniture costs are taken into account separately in each case. The taxpayer can only claim expenses not covered if the study is the focus of the professional activity. However, not all workers are lucky enough to have their own home studio. You have to move to the kitchen, living room, or bedroom during the pandemic. With the exception of rising electricity costs, you are currently unable to report almost anything on your tax return.
With the head office flat fee, the coalition takes a belated initiative from the Hessian and Bavarian states: “The Hessian and Bavarian proposal is a non-bureaucratic approach to claiming the additional costs from the head office,” said the politician CDU financier Fritz Güntzler’s newspaper. “The rules for the recognition of a job are currently very restrictive.” He has long campaigned to find a solution in the interest of employees. “In the 2020 Annual Tax Law, this proposal could now be quickly implemented.”
