• You are looking for accommodation.
• You and the members of your household do not exceed the relevant income limit.

Annual income is calculated separately for each person in the household.

The following are included in annual income, regardless of whether this income is taxable or tax-free:

• for employed work, gross annual earnings less tax-deductible income-related expenses
• for self-employment, including in agriculture and forestry or in a commercial enterprise, the profit recognised for tax purposes
• in the case of letting and leasing, as well as investment income, the surplus of income over tax-deductible income-related expenses
• pension and retirement benefits, less tax-deductible income-related expenses
• tax-free income, for example, unemployment benefit, short-time working allowance, transitional allowance, insolvency allowance, integration assistance and benefits to secure a livelihood under the Social Code, Book II – Basic Security for Jobseekers –

For single parents, the annual income must be reduced by the tax relief amount if their household includes at least one child for whom they are entitled to a tax allowance or child benefit.

Please note: In the case of statutory maintenance obligations, separation or divorce maintenance, as well as child maintenance:

• counted in full as income for the maintenance recipient
• for the person liable for maintenance, child maintenance up to 3,000 EUR per year per child and separation or divorce maintenance up to 6,000 EUR per year

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To calculate the total household income, the annual incomes of the individual household members are added together.