This is an introductory post to a group of posts about German primary school. Also here we will talk about when a child is obliged to go to first grade and whether he can stay at kindergarten for one year.
Anki for German language. 2. Edit deck and notes
In the first part, we used a ready-made deck, in which everything was ok for us. Now let’s see how we can edit cards.
German tax return. Elster online. Anlage Kind
We go to the Anlage Kind. Anlage Kind – application for expenses for children in German tax return: Kindergarten, education (Ausbildung), Kindergeld and Kinderbonus.
Anlage opens if you mark it in Anlagenauswahl page.
Riddle in German. Do you know what is Vokuhila…
Ami, Hirni, Gymi, Godi, Reli, Öffi…
Or, here are a few simpler words: Hundi, Kindi, Kuli, Hausi … And now it is more clear what exactly they meant?
Anki for German language. 1. Studying
For ten years I have tried different word memory programs. The main problem was that I was not satisfied with the translation “word to word”. For German language it’s simply not enough. Only at the very first stages of learning you can use “naked” word without article and forms.
The advantages of Anki are its amazing flexibility. The disadvantage is the necessity to understand, how it works, if you want something more. However, everything is not complicated and is quite accessible for most users. The most detailed description of the program is given in English.
All tax deductions (in German income tax declaration). E-H
In this post all tax deductions from E to H – from Education to Houskeeping Help.
Not forget: außergewöhnliche Belastungen (Exceptional costs) are deducted, if they over individual limit.
How to calculate the limit of außergewöhnliche Belastungen read here.
Other parts – A-D, I-N, P-W,
Other posts about german tax return – #steuererklaerung
Leben in Deutschland Test. History. After the war – FRG und GDR
Now we look what questions about history of Germany after Second World war – GDR and FRG – has Leben in Deutschland test. The first part was devoted to the period before the war and during the war.
All income tax deduction (in German tax return). A-D
From A as Additional education to D as Dysgraphia, dyslexia – all income tax deduction in German tax return.
If I write “is as außergewöhnliche Belastungen (Exceptional costs) deducted”, it means that this expenses are deducted only if they over individual limit.
How to calculate the limit of außergewöhnliche Belastungen read here
Other parts: E-H, I-N, P-W
Test Leben in Deutschland (Orientierungstest). History
The Test Leben in Deutschland only takes the history of the 20th century, starting with the coming to power of the National Socialists, mainly the problems of nazism, the results of World War II, the division and reunification of Germany. I think most of us remember this topic quite well from school education, so the a few tips that you need to know for the test.
But there are a lot of questions to this thema, therefore I divide it in two parts: before / during WW II and after the war.
All deductible expenses in German tax return. 1. Außergewöhnliche Belastungen
When I ask those who already understand something in German and have lived in Germany for more than one year why they prefer to pay a tax consultant instead of filling out a tax return on their own, I am told that
1. there are no previous tax return as a sample and
2. they never know what deductible expenses there are – what if they miss out on some possible returns?
As answer on the second point, I decided to collect all possible deductible expenses in Germany.
But there is one thing, that you must know before we begin with the list: many of these expenses can be deducted only if they cross a certain border, and this border is rather big. This border is named Außergewöhliche Belastungen.