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Replying a little late to this post, but a family member had a similar situation and from what I know is the following: If you retire in Ireland and receive a state pension from: Germany, but not Ireland: Germany remains the competent state for your healthcare, and you are required to stay insured w...

The EU directive must be transposed into national law - the law in question is Freizügigkeitsgesetz/EU. I see two main problems with this: Firstly, Anmeldung --> if not living in Germany and the plan is just to return twice per year without any intention of making it a residence - permanent or not -...

This is not new. If you have "Werbungskosten" exceeding 1.830 per year or other tax-deductible expenses (e.g. Sonderausgaben like disability), then you can apply for an extra tax allowance for 2025. The Finanzamt will usually give you the allowance if your burden is 600 EUR or more (your n...

Hi folks. For the past couple of years, I have been entering my UK student loan into my German tax return - all fine and well. The interest I have been deducting as normal in full, converted to EUR on a monthly basis using the official rates. In addition, I am deducting the portion of the repayment ...