Household related costs

What are household services?

This includes the following activities: Cleaning of the apartment (e.g. by employees of a service agency or a self-employed window cleaner) Garden maintenance work (e.g. mowing the lawn, cutting hedges) Preparing meals in the household and services for privately arranged moves.

What costs are included in household services?

The following applies to tradesman services such as maintenance measures, renovation measures and modernization measures in your own household: You receive 20% of the work costs, but a maximum of 1,200 euros per year, as a tax reduction. You need the invoice and the transfer receipt as proof.

Can I deduct the GEZ from my taxes?

Can I deduct the broadcasting fee from my taxes? The broadcasting fee is not deductible for people who live in a “normal” household. There is one exception: If you have dual household management recognized by the tax office, the broadcasting fee for the second home is tax deductible.

Tenants can deduct the following household-related services:

Gartenpflege
Reinigungen von Hausfluren und Zubehörräumen
Hausmeisterdienste
Schneeräumdienste
Straßenreinigung auf dem Grundstück
Schädlingsbekämpfung
Fensterputzer