{"id":15170,"date":"2023-04-17T15:52:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/deductions\/car-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:52:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:52:48","slug":"car-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"deduction","link":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/en\/deductions\/car-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Deduct the maintenance &#038; repair costs of your car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">The costs of maintaining and\/or repairing your company car are tax-deductible to the same extent as your car is. If your car is 70% deductible, the same principle applies to maintenance and repair costs. <em>It\u2019s that simple.<\/em> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Besides maintenance and repair costs, the same goes for other costs related to your car or company car:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list list-disc list-outside ml-0 mb-4 space-y-2\">\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\"><a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deductibles.be\/car-accessories\">Car accessories<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\"><a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deductibles.be\/car-insurance\">Car insurance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\"><a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deductibles.be\/fuel\">Fuel or electricity for charging<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\"><a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deductibles.be\/road-and-registration-taxes-for-your-car\">Vehicle registration tax (BIV)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"font-inter text-base text-black\">The interest on your car loan<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"how-do-you-calculate-the-tax-deductibility-of-your-car\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">How do you calculate the tax deductibility of your car?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">The extent to which your company car is tax-deductible is, for cars bought before 2026, calculated using the gram formula. This formula determines the deduction rate based on your car\u2019s CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>120%- (0.5% x [coefficient] x CO2 )<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, to know the deductible part of your car and car expenses, you also need to take into account the professional use of your car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">An example: at the beginning of 2023 you bought a hybrid car and, according to the gram formula, your car is tax-deductible at a maximum of 95%. You are self-employed as your main occupation and use your car 80% of the time for professional purposes. You can then deduct your company car and all related car expenses, including repairs and maintenance, at 76% (80% of 95%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Do you use the car 100% of the time professionally? Then the deduction rate is 95%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">Are you self-employed in a secondary occupation and do you only use the car 50% of the time for professional purposes? Then you can book 47% of the costs as business expenses (50% of 95%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">\u26a0\ufe0f Careful: did you buy or lease your car between 1 July 2023 and 31 December 2025? Then the gram formula applies with a maximum of 50% this year (2026) and 25% in 2027. Fossil-fuel cars bought in 2026 are no longer deductible, while electric cars remain 100% deductible (until 2027).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more about deducting your car or company car <a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deductibles.be\/car\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","deduction_tag":[549],"class_list":["post-15170","deduction","type-deduction","status-publish","hentry","deduction_tag-vehicle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deduct the maintenance &amp; repair costs of your car | Accountable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/en\/deductions\/car-maintenance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deduct the maintenance &amp; repair costs of your car | Accountable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The costs of maintaining and\/or repairing your company car are tax-deductible to the same extent as your car is. 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