Second-household deduction

The amounts this calculator works with are written into German law and are the same for everybody: at most 1,000 EUR a month for accommodation at the second residence (§ 9 (1) no. 5 EStG), 28 or 14 EUR of meal allowance for the first three months (§ 9 (4a) EStG), and 0.30 EUR per kilometre for one journey home a week. So it computes the DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT — not your tax saving. That depends on your personal marginal rate, and we do not assume one: supply it and you get an estimate, leave it blank and you get none. Whether you qualify at all — a genuine household at your main residence, financial participation, a work-related reason — is not checked here. That is the question your tax adviser answers.