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Procedure descriptions

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

Contact

Bürger- und Standesamt (Bürgeramt)
Grabenstraße 15
89522 Heidenheim an der Brenz
Fax (0 73 21) 3 23-33 32