Work Expenses 2025: Deduct More Than 1,230 Euros – Here's How to Get More

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Many taxpayers know their work expense lump sum – 1,230 euros in 2025. Those who stop calculating there leave money on the table. Because beyond the lump sum, other professional costs can further reduce the tax burden.

The Handelsblatt shows in a current overview which work expenses around the job can be deducted – and makes you want to take a closer look at your 2025 tax return. We summarize what the overview delivers.

Because between the lump sum and real savings lie exactly those items that get lost in everyday life – whether book or train ticket.

Work expenses beyond the lump sum – where the leeway lies

According to the Handelsblatt, there are numerous opportunities around the job to deduct work expenses and thus save taxes at the end. The lump sum of 1,230 euros is just the baseline – those who can cleanly document professional costs beyond it get the difference back from the tax office.

Which items are recognized in detail, the Handelsblatt lists in its overview. The selection ranges from books to train tickets – both examples the overview explicitly mentions and that are repeatedly overlooked in practice.

Books and train tickets – two classics that should rarely be missing

Books with a professional connection and train tickets for business trips are among the work expenses that the Handelsblatt explicitly mentions in its overview. Both items seem trivial in individual cases, but add up to noticeable amounts over the years.

The decisive factor is the distinction: what is clearly professionally caused, what remains private? Exactly these grey areas are worked out in the Handelsblatt overview – so that only those items end up in the tax return that the tax office truly recognizes.

What remains – and where to find the complete overview

The lump sum is your automatic start in 2025, rarely the end. Those who prepare their tax return cleanly check every item for whether it can be deducted as a work expense beyond the lump sum – from the specialist book to the train ticket to all other job costs that the Handelsblatt compiles in its overview.

Added value for you: the complete overview – with all items, receipts and pitfalls – can be found directly in the linked Handelsblatt article. Worth it, before you send off your 2025 tax return.

Good luck implementing it.