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What about maintenance costs before starting a secondary occupation (in the same year)?

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14/09/2024
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I started a secondary occupation in October of the previous year. I would also like to claim expenses related to my home and car for 2023 (to a professional rate, not 100%). However, if, for example, I had maintenance carried out in the first or second quarter of previous year (before I was not started) but which makes a contribution to the maintenance of my home/car, can/may I also claim this at a professional percentage or not at all? The same applies to the interest on the loan. In other words, does the date of the maintenance work/costs play a role in the start-up year? And do I then take the full amount calculated at the professional percentage or only 1/4 of the amount (prorated for that quarter) at the professional percentage?

That all seems a bit tricky to me. You can enter part of the car in your current accounts, but you can no longer enter the costs you incurred in the past as a private person in your accounts, can you? That has nothing to do with your self-employed activity. Unless you have had your car converted into an ice cream van and that is now your self-employed activity, for example. But the tax authorities will never accept ordinary old maintenance costs as professional expenses.

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You really should try it out for yourself. Even if you don’t have a company number yet, you can already go ahead.

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