{"id":15241,"date":"2024-11-07T17:10:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T17:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/deductions\/personal-trainer\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T17:10:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T17:10:47","slug":"personal-trainer","status":"publish","type":"deduction","link":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/en\/deductions\/personal-trainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal trainer: tax-deductible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"are-personal-training-costs-tax-deductible\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">Are personal training costs tax-deductible?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">As a self-employed person, staying fit and feeling great is important, and hiring a personal trainer is a great way to achieve that.<\/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\">However, just like with a <a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deductibles.be\/subscription-sports-clubs\">gym membership<\/a>, <strong>the costs for a personal trainer are unfortunately not considered business expenses<\/strong>, but personal costs.<\/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>We don\u2019t recommend claiming personal training expenses<\/strong>, as it would be difficult to justify them in the event of a tax audit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"exceptions\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">Exceptions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-inter text-base leading-relaxed mb-4 first-of-type:mt-0 text-black wp-block-paragraph\">If you work in a profession where physical fitness is crucial (such as a top athlete, fitness instructor, etc.), <strong>you might be able to link the costs to your professional activity<\/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\">However, these expenses are still mainly <strong>seen as personal costs<\/strong>, and any (partial) deduction is <em>entirely at your own risk<\/em>.<\/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\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","deduction_tag":[560],"class_list":["post-15241","deduction","type-deduction","status-publish","hentry","deduction_tag-training"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Personal trainer: tax-deductible? | 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\/personal-trainer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Personal trainer: tax-deductible? | Accountable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are personal training costs tax-deductible? 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