
Saving taxes with real estate - a guide
- Introduction
- Saving taxes when buying real estate
- Deductible costs when buying real estate
- Own home vs. capital investment
- Minimize real estate transfer tax
- Separation of land and building
- Country-specific differences
- Saving taxes as a landlord
- Deductible costs for letting
- Income-related expenses
- Saving taxes as an owner-occupier
- Home Ownership Pension Act ("Wohn-Riester")
- Tax benefits for renovations
- Saving taxes when selling a property
- Speculation period
- Commercial real estate trading
- Listed properties and their tax advantages
- Tax advisor: your key to optimizing savings
- Conclusion

Everything you need to know about real estate depreciation
- Introduction to the topic of depreciation for real estate
- The calculation of depreciation
- Authorized persons for depreciation
- Start of depreciation
- Different types of depreciation
- Special regulations for listed buildings and refurbished buildings
- Residual value depreciation for buildings in the old and new federal states
- Important tips for your tax return
- Conclusion: Take advantage of the benefits of depreciation

Tax depreciation of buildings according to actual useful life
- Background
- Principles for the application of depreciation after a shorter actual useful life
- Justification for depreciation based on shorter actual useful life
- Special business buildings
- Relevant criteria for estimating the shorter useful life
- Verification methods
- Conclusion: Use our professional expert opinions for tax depreciation of buildings according to actual useful life

The spouse swing
- What is the spouse swing?
- How does the spouse swing work?
- Why is the spouse swing advantageous?
- What are the requirements for the spouse swing?
- Can the spousal swing be operated with several properties?
- Spousal swing for tax professionals: How to save on notary fees
- The spousal swing: also possible with children

What is the remaining useful life of real estate?
- Introduction
- What is the remaining useful life of real estate?
- Legal basis
- The importance of the remaining useful life
- For capital investors and investors
- Technical vs. economic useful life
- Examples of historic buildings
- Consequences of the expiry of the remaining useful life
- The role of the remaining useful life in the valuation
- Income capitalization approach
- Saving taxes with the remaining useful life
- Tax depreciation
- Expert opinion on the remaining useful life
- Difference between total useful life and remaining useful life
- What is the total useful life?
- How is the remaining useful life calculated?
- Calculation basis
- Sample calculation
- Factors that influence the remaining useful life
- Refurbishment
- modernization
- Renovation
- Maintenance vs. repair
- Uncertainty factors in the remaining useful life
- External events
- Development of building and living culture
- Conclusion: The importance of the remaining useful life for real estate