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Entfernungspauschale (Pendlerpauschale)

Commuting. The unit is the ONE-WAY distance multiplied by days worked, never the distance driven. Unified at 0.38 from the first kilometre on 1 January 2026. Capped at 4 500 EUR a year unless the journey is made by your own or a provided car, where no ceiling applies.

Id
de-entfernungspauschale
Dated periods
6
Re-read by
2027-01-31
Periods6 dated
Every dated period this regime holds, newest first
FromToPublishedClassFigureTier
2026-01-01open2025-12-19Own or provided car0.38 EUR/kmneeds a key
2026-01-01open2025-12-19Public transport, bicycle or on foot0.38 EUR/kmneeds a key
2022-01-012025-12-31Own or provided carbanded scaleopen
2022-01-012025-12-31Public transport, bicycle or on footbanded scaleopen
2021-01-012021-12-31Own or provided carbanded scaleopen
2021-01-012021-12-31Public transport, bicycle or on footbanded scaleopen
What you must decide1 conditions

Published beside the figure, and never applied for you.

  • An employee deducts 1 230 EUR a year without proving anything

    The Arbeitnehmer-Pauschbetrag is deducted automatically from employment income. Real Werbungskosten — this figure among them — only change the tax due once their total exceeds it, and then only if proven. Comparing the two needs the employee’s other professional costs, which are theirs. Nothing here restricts an employer’s reimbursement, which is exempt under a different provision.

    https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__9a.html
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