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Can I take my wedding off the tax?
Weddings are quite expensive. But can you deduct the costs from the tax?
Since a wedding is a private celebration, it is hardly possible to assert it for tax purposes, or?
Weddings are very special. Couples celebrate their love with family and friends at their wedding celebration and experience the hopefully most beautiful day of their lives. But as romantic as a wedding is, it can also be quite expensive.
How nice it would be because if the wedding could be deducted from the tax. "But that is not possible," you might think now. Our answer: Yes, it is possible. How, you can find out here.
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So you can deduct your celebration from the tax
In fact, under certain circumstances you can get money back from the state and finance your wedding. We'll tell you what you absolutely have to consider so that it works.
A wedding is actually a private celebration that cannot be deducted from tax. Since you get married voluntarily and your wedding is not the generation of livelihood, it has no tax relevance from the state's point of view. So you cannot claim your wedding as "extraordinary stress". But there is an exception:
You can deduct part of your wedding costs as a "household -related service" from the tax.The prerequisite for this is that your weddingAt your hometakes place. The food in particular should have been prepared in your own four walls.
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Material costs for food or rental fees for seating options cannot be claimed. However, you can also part for moreReturn services such as childcare, service staff, cleaning staff or gardeners.
For example, if you have hired a nanny who looks after your children during the celebration or have commissioned a cleaning company to get everything back on shape after your celebration, you can deduct the costs for the working hours of the service providers for tax purposes.
How much money can I get back?
You canA total of 20 % of your expenses claim as household -related services. DieBorderlies by20.000 Euro. Accordingly, you can get a maximum of 4,000 euros back from the state.
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Tip: You should have an invoice issued for all services you commissioned and not pay in cash, but by bank transfer. To get most of it, it is best to have most of the work done on site.
Which services were provided at home and which in the company of the service provider should be evident on the invoice. In the best case, you can be issued separate invoices.
