Other usual pilot costs eligible to tax deductions:
Training costs:
- ATPL - If you can prove that the ATPL was your second education. Highschool doesn't count.
- Type rating
- Assessment costs (Sim, hotel, taxi from the airport, flight there etc.)
Accessories:
- Mobile phone (if it says in your contract that you will need a phone for work)
- Laptop
- Pilot bag (Rimowa or whatever you chose)
- Headset
- Dry cleaning of your uniform
Transportation/Layover costs:
- Taxi (on duty and as long as it's not covered by your employer)
- Homeleave tickets (see below)
- Entfernungspauschale (see above post)
It is also very advisable to maintain your german apartment as your second home "Zweitwohnsitz". This of course only if you are from abroad or if you have another apartment in Germany and the one close to the airport only is used for work. Why? Because you can take use of tax deductable homeleave tickets AND deduct a huge amount (around 70%) of the rent of that second apartment. For this however you will have to prove that you have a "Hauptwohnsitz" (main domicile). This "Hauptwohnsitz" usually has to cost more than your "Zweitwohnsitz", just to prove that your work/standby apartment is only for work related purposes.