{"id":6978,"date":"2026-02-25T15:10:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/?aur_infobereich=take-advantage-of-tax-breaks"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:56:45","slug":"take-advantage-of-tax-breaks","status":"publish","type":"aur_infobereich","link":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/?aur_infobereich=take-advantage-of-tax-breaks","title":{"rendered":"Take Advantage of Tax Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For home care that you pay for privately in addition to the benefits provided by the long-term care insurance fund<\/strong>, you or your family member in need of care can claim up to \u20ac4,000 per calendar year as a tax deduction<\/strong>. This also applies to house cleaning, yard care, etc. Up to 20 percent of the actual expenses are tax-deductible. To do so, you must be able to provide proof of the expenses using receipts and proof of payment using bank statements.<\/p>\n\n

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Expenses that you claim for tax purposes must not already <\/strong> be covered<\/strong> by benefits from the long-term care insurance fund ( <\/strong>long-term care allowance, in-kind long-term care benefits, combined benefits, respite care, etc.).<\/p>\n\n

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For home care that you pay for privately in addition to the benefits provided by the long-term care insurance fund, you or your family member in need of care can claim up to \u20ac4,000 per calendar year as a tax deduction. This also applies to house cleaning, yard care, etc. Up to 20 percent of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[416],"class_list":["post-6978","aur_infobereich","type-aur_infobereich","status-publish","hentry","tag-youll-have-to-come-up-with-that-yourself"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aur_infobereich\/6978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aur_infobereich"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aur_infobereich"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awo-lifebalance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}