{"id":15261,"date":"2025-09-17T14:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/deductions\/smoke-detector\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:07:09","slug":"smoke-detector","status":"publish","type":"deduction","link":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/en\/deductions\/smoke-detector\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke detector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"a-smoke-detector-is-tax-deductible-in-a-business-context\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">A smoke detector is tax-deductible in a business context<\/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\"><strong>You can put the costs of a smoke detector through as expenses when you install the device in your office or commercial space. With an installation at home, it\u2019s a bit trickier. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"tax-rules-for-fire-prevention\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">Tax rules for fire prevention<\/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\">For some workplaces, fire prevention, including the installation of smoke detectors, is legally required. According to the <a class=\"font-inter text-purple underline underline-offset-1\" href=\"https:\/\/employment.belgium.be\/en\/node\/4081\">code on well-being at work<\/a>, you must take fire measures if you work with staff or have a space open to the public, such as a shop.\u00a0<\/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 a smoke detector, you\u2019ll probably also need signage and an evacuation plan. Since all these costs are legally required for your business, it\u2019s only logical that everything is <strong>100% tax-deductible<\/strong>. You can also <strong>fully reclaim<\/strong> the <strong>VAT<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"is-a-smoke-detector-at-home-tax-deductible\" class=\"wp-block-heading font-degular scroll-mt-32\">Is a smoke detector at home 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 with all expenses, a tax deduction is not possible when it\u2019s a private purchase. A smoke detector you install in the <strong>bedroom<\/strong> or <strong>kitchen<\/strong> is <strong>not a business expense<\/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\">For a smoke detector in the <strong>living room<\/strong>, you can <strong>partially deduct<\/strong> the costs if you don\u2019t have a separate office space at home. If you install the smoke detector in your <strong>home office<\/strong>, you <strong>can indeed deduct the costs<\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","deduction_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15261","deduction","type-deduction","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smoke detector | 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\/smoke-detector\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smoke detector | Accountable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A smoke detector is tax-deductible in a business context You can put the costs of a smoke detector through as expenses when you install the device in your office or commercial space. 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