Claiming a lump sum for trainers
Income from certain secondary activities in the non-profit, charitable or church sector is tax-free up to a total of 3,000 euros per year.
You can claim this so-called "Übungsleiterpauschale" for
- part-time activities as a trainer, instructor, educator, carer or for a comparable part-time activity
- part-time artistic activities
- the part-time care of elderly, sick or disabled people
The activities as a trainer, instructor, educator or carer have in common that they influence other people through personal contact in order to develop and promote their mental and physical abilities. A common feature of these activities is their pedagogical orientation.
Responsible department
the tax office responsible for you
Details
Prerequisite
You perform one of the above-mentioned favoured secondary occupations in the service of or on behalf of
- a legal entity under public law or
- a tax-privileged association
for the promotion of charitable, benevolent or ecclesiastical purposes.
In the case of tax-privileged associations, it must be assumed that the activity also serves to promote these tax-privileged purposes. Accordingly, the tax exemption is also granted if the activity is carried out as part of a special-purpose business.
The tax exemption does not apply to activities carried out as part of a taxable commercial business.
Note: A secondary occupation may not take up more than one third of a comparable full-time occupation.
Utilisation of the lump sum for voluntary work and exercise leaders
You can only claim the lump-sum allowance for voluntary work and the lump-sum allowance for training managers in parallel if they are two different activities (with the same or different organisations). These activities must
- be carried out on a part-time basis,
- be separable from each other,
- be remunerated separately,
- be clearly regulated and
- actually be carried out.
Procedure
You can claim the exercise leader allowance in your income tax return.
Deadlines
respective submission deadline for the income tax return
Required documents
None
Costs
None
Miscellaneous
None
Legal basis
Einkommensteuergesetz (EStG)
- § 3 Nr. 26 Steuerfreie Einnahmen
Lohnsteuer-Richtlinien 2024
- R 3.26
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Finanzministerium Baden-Württemberg, 18.11.2024