{"id":276,"date":"2020-04-11T15:10:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T15:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsra.schmied.de\/?p=276"},"modified":"2021-03-24T11:18:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T11:18:43","slug":"kann-ein-student-die-kosten-seines-studiums-als-werbungskosten-festsetzen-lassen-geltend-machen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/kann-ein-student-die-kosten-seines-studiums-als-werbungskosten-festsetzen-lassen-geltend-machen\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a student have the costs of their studies assessed \/ claimed as income-related expenses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most important things first: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, the costs of a first or second training course can be taken into account for tax purposes. The costs of initial training as special expenses (tax impact only in the year in which the costs were incurred), the costs of second training as income-related expenses (tax impact also for future years if the income-related expenses are higher than income in the year in which they are incurred &amp;#8211 ; determination of loss with later offsetting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This distinction is based on the decisions of the Federal Fiscal Court, among others <a href=\"http:\/\/juris.bundesfinanzhof.de\/cgi-bin\/rechtsprechung\/druckvorschau.py?Gericht=bfh&amp;Art=en&amp;nr=30742\">Resolution (Federal Constitutional Court draft) of July 17, 2014, VI R 2\/12<\/a>,  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Decision (BVerfG draft) of July 17, 2014, VI R 8\/12 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/juris.bundesfinanzhof.de\/cgi-bin\/rechtsprechung\/druckvorschau.py?Gericht=bfh&amp;Art=en&amp;nr=30695\" target=\"_blank\">Resolution (Federal Constitutional Court draft) of July 17, 2014, VI R 8\/12<\/a> such as  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Decision (Federal Constitutional Court draft) of July 17, 2014, VI R 2\/12 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/juris.bundesfinanzhof.de\/cgi-bin\/rechtsprechung\/druckvorschau.py?Gericht=bfh&amp;Art=en&amp;nr=30742\" target=\"_blank\">Resolution (Federal Constitutional Court draft) of July 17, 2014, VI R 38\/12<\/a> confirmed by the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de\/SharedDocs\/Pressemitteilungen\/DE\/2020\/bvg20-002.html;jsessionid=FB77E065DF8596A8EB204D947A79F193.2_cid394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Resolution of November 19, 20192 BvL 22\/14, 2 BvL 27\/14, 2 BvL 26\/14, 2 BvL 25\/14, 2 BvL 24\/14, 2 BvL 23\/1 (opens in new tab)\">Resolution of November 19, 2019<br>2 BvL 22\/14, 2 BvL 27\/14, 2 BvL 26\/14, 2 BvL 25\/14, 2nd<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de\/SharedDocs\/Pressemitteilungen\/DE\/2020\/bvg20-002.html;jsessionid=FB77E065DF8596A8EB204D947A79F193.2_cid394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" BvL 24\/14, 2 BvL 23\/14. (opens in new tab)\"> BvL 24\/14, 2 BvL 23\/14. <\/a>According to this, a distinction must be made as to whether it is a first or second training course. When this is the case has been regulated since 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gesetze-im-internet.de\/estg\/__9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"\u00a7 9 VI EKStG (opens in new tab)\">\u00a7 9 VI EKStG<\/a>. According to this, the initial training ends when it has lasted at least 12 months and has been completed with a degree. According to this, a second training cannot be assumed if <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the (first) course is resumed after an interruption of more than 12 months or<\/li><li>the (first) degree is given up after more than 12 months and another degree is started. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it is not detrimental if the training takes place in a company (therefore a salary is paid at the same time), such as in the case of a dual study program.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First things first: Yes, the costs of initial or second training can be taken into account for tax purposes. The costs of initial training as special expenses (tax impact only in the year in which the costs are incurred), the costs of second training as income-related expenses (tax impact also for future years if the income-related expenses are higher than income in the year in which they are incurred... <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/kann-ein-student-die-kosten-seines-studiums-als-werbungskosten-festsetzen-lassen-geltend-machen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8222;Can a student have the costs of their studies assessed \/ claimed as income-related expenses?&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,19,20],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-kosten-fuer-das-studium","tag-student","tag-werbungskosten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schmied.de\/en_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}