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help with tax
I recently renovated my house myself and have over 45,000€ in 'factures' for materials and such but have been told by the tax office that I cannot submit these. I paid my work taxes all year and the taxes on these factures, I have a child on my charge and they are saying I will recieve a rebait of just 400€. Can this be right? or should I hire someone to submit my tax forms for me instead of going direct to the tax office myself? Thanks
You cannot offset the cost of work that you have done yourself against tax, only work which has been done for you by a professional and even then there are limits depending on the age of the house and the actual work done.
The cost of renovating property, whether you did it yourself or whether you paid someone to do it, is NOT deductible against your income tax.
You can get grants for some things, but you have to apply for them before you start work, and have to get the work done by registered contractors. So you've missed out on that as well.
Advice is free from any major housing / building type show, like Batibouw.
@J
I'm sorry to disagree with you but I have recently had double glazing installed and converted from mazout to gas.
In both cases, the cost could be offset against tax.
In both cases there were grants - worth claiming but not significant - which had to be claimed AFTER the work was done and with the claim form accompanied by a receipt from a registered contractor.
@KASSEISTAMPER
Can you please tell me about your grant process for converting from mazout to gas? This is something I'm planning in the next couple of months and I could use all the help I can get. :)
Hi Dani
It varies from region to region but I got the details from the website of the gas supplier and they paid it. I think that the details are also on the commune website.
I got €125.00 so, in the context of a total bill of over €5,000.00, worth claiming but not really significant.
As kasseistamper notes, some specific work that improves the thermal efficiency of residential property such as upgrading the boiler, installing double glazing or roof insulation can be (partially) tax deductible, and can be eligible for grants. However, the work needs to be done by a registered building company / contractor. Just general renovation of a house by yourself doesn't qualify you for anything.
