German Tax Return & Deduction Toolkit
Everything You Need for Your First German Tax Return
Everything you need to identify your deductions, calculate your totals, document your evidence and communicate with the tax office in one bundle.
📘 The Core Workbook
• A Decision Tree & Eligibility Scorecard to find out which chapters apply to you in minutes, instead of reading everything.
• Chapter-by-chapter breakdowns: relocation, home office, double household, education, employee expenses and household services/craftsmen (§35a).
• Verified 2026 figures, cross-checked against official BMF and ELSTER sources.
• A Filing-Software Navigation Cheat Sheet mapping deductions to exact fields in Anlage N (ELSTER) or equivalent menus in Taxfix and WISO.
• An English–German tax vocabulary glossary.
📊 The Companion Tracker
• A 7-tab Sheets workbook mirroring the main book’s chapters, with real formulas - not just tables to copy by hand.
• Automatically applies statutory caps (home office, commuting, §35a) as you type.
• A Master Totals tab showing whether your itemized total is worth using over the automatic lump sum.
📑 The Phrase Copy-Bank
• Ready-to-send German text for requesting a filing extension or notifying a correction.
• A structural skeleton for a formal objection (Einspruch) - framework only, with a clear disclaimer to get professional help for anything contested. Includes a quick vocabulary reminder table.
- 1 month agobought this because i had no idea where to start with my deductions. it gave me a proper system to work with instead of having random notes and receipts everywhere. very helpful and practical. Glad i found itWritten 1 day after purchase
- 2 months agoReally useful and well organized. it makes tracking and understanding deductible expenses much easier and the layout is simple to follow. definitely a helpful resource!Written 3 hours after purchase
- 1 month agoWritten 14 hours after purchase