Why don't construction prices go down?

Then you are exceptions. 22 declarations are processed even with really intensive explanations this year

You surely know that due to the income tax return a preliminary tax assessment is issued by the tax office. I regularly object to it, have a ruling reviewed, a new assessment issued, object again, a new assessment, and so on and so forth. New documents are repeatedly requested, items are deleted, yes, and my declarations are always checked. Yes, I am also certainly one of the very, very few who have income from renting and leasing. An absolute exception, so to speak. You always make it very easy for yourself.

The thing with the parental allowance is, in a way, naturally legal trickery. But if Lindner then stands up and says "No one has any disadvantage from the abolition of 3/5" in essence, then that is, of course, a brazen lie and he certainly knows better. Future parental allowance recipients are being dropped at probably the most vulnerable time. The maximum amount of 1800 euros has not been adjusted for inflation for 20 years, and now tricks that were previously available to couples are being prevented.

The thing with parental allowance is, in a way, of course legal trickery.

Trickery. Nothing more and nothing less. Even if legal.

New documents are repeatedly requested, items are deleted, and yes, my declarations are always checked.

The last requested documents date back many years. Whether private, V+V, or business.

Maybe it has something to do with how you make the declarations? Whoever already says they work under the table might also be cheating the tax office. Or at least tries to, and the employees there are just paying close attention. Who knows?

I manage 10 apartments and have to do my tax return for that. You can imagine that this is a somewhat more complex undertaking. The tax office is always very demanding.

Craftsmen’s invoices are checked, rental contracts requested, and you even have to provide proof of rental attempts.
A logbook must be kept for trips to the rental property, and sometimes someone comes by to check whether the invoiced parquet flooring has actually been installed.

It is always better to learn a solid trade than some office job where you basically don't learn anything practical. If I were a social worker, of course, I couldn’t just quickly make a few euros somewhere. But show me a craftsman who doesn’t work under the table somewhere.
I consider undeclared work as self-defense against the intrusive state.

The craftsman can build a house for 200,000, the teacher for double that.

Currently, I am fortunately not dependent on manual labor. I work in technical sales of very expensive machines that cost far more than a single-family home. But you never know what might come. You never forget a trade. I am one of the last of my kind. I am a master craftsman in a very rare trade. Also due to political decisions and the general economic situation, I am out. I basically no longer train apprentices.

And this is exactly becoming a huge problem. No one will be able to bring back the expertise and quality of the German Mittelstand.
Here we read daily about botched construction work. But for that, we are now bringing in foreign specialists who are to be lured here with massive tax breaks. Well then, carry on.

I manage 10 apartments and have to do my tax return for that. You can imagine that this is a somewhat more complex undertaking. The tax office is always very demanding.

No. I can’t imagine that, since I am also allowed to manage my own portfolio.

Craftsmen’s invoices are checked, rental contracts requested, and you even have to provide proof of rental attempts.
A logbook for trips to the rental property must be kept, and sometimes someone comes by to check whether the invoiced parquet flooring was actually installed.

For many years (since electronic submission became mandatory) and with dozens of properties, neither submission of craftsmen’s invoices or other documents, nor a logbook has ever been required, and I have never had a personal appointment from the office. You must be doing something wrong.

I consider undeclared work as self-defense against the overreaching state.

I consider it an antisocial crime (even though for the undeclared worker it is actually a regulatory offense). It is a heinous offense against society – because of such people, tax revenues for important state tasks as well as social contributions for health insurance and pension funds are missing. It is not the state that is overreaching; undeclared workers are a major evil in Germany. Simply antisocial.