Can parking fees be deducted from taxes?

Question

Hello everyone, I have a question.

I have to drive about 10km to work and 10km back every day by car.

I can declare this in my taxes.

But if I can't find a free parking space and have to pay a parking fee of 15 to 20 euros every day, can I still claim this as an employee on my taxes? Logically, with receipts, etc.

Thank you for your answers:)

aure86 · Answer

In my knowledge parking fees have been paid with the commuter cup. Bicycle or bus no option? There's a lot of parking together. Maybe a little walk and park somewhere else?

maja0403 · Answer

The costs for a parking lot are covered with the removal tray. Exemptions, eg in the case of double budget management, outward activity, disability.

I have to drive around 10km to work every day and 10km back by car.

You can only set the simple distance, that is, 10 km.

kevin1905 · Answer

I can state this in the tax.

Only the way out, ie the easy ride (= kilometers away)

But if I don't find a free parking place and have to pay 15 to 20 euros each day parking fee, then as a worker I can also specify it in the tax?

Not really. With the distance package, the costs for the journey between the apartment and the regular activity site have been reduced.

It may be that the actual costs, if they were higher and can be proven, can be recognized but since you have to ask the tax cracks, I as an entrepreneur always had privately used service vehicles, since all costs were fully deductible and the private use share was to be booked as sales.

anttraxx · Answer

I have to drive around 10km to work every day and 10km back by car.

According to §9 EStG, the distance package is the easy route, thus 10km a day

But if I don't find a free parking place and have to pay 15 to 20 euros each day parking fee, then as a worker I can also specify it in the tax?

Auxj here intervenes §9, more precisely paragraph 2 sentence 1

The distance allowances cover all expenses incurred by the routes between the apartment and the first place of activity within the meaning of paragraph 4 and by the family homes.