Business-meal receipts & the Eigenbeleg, A to Z

Practical guides to the replacement hospitality receipt, the self-issued receipt (Eigenbeleg) and deducting business-meal costs under German tax rules. Sorted by situation: from the required details to a lost receipt and meals abroad.

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Basics

What a self-issued receipt is, when it is allowed, and which details the tax office expects.

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Self-issued receipts for business meals: tax office rules

What the tax authority formally requires and why the input VAT is lost.

How to create a self-issued receipt (Eigenbeleg)

When it is allowed, the seven required details, GoBD and retention.

Eigenbeleg vs. replacement receipt: the difference

Eigenbeleg, replacement receipt and replacement hospitality receipt, clearly separated, with a comparison table.

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When the receipt is missing

Concrete help when the original receipt is lost, incomplete or foreign.

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Lost hospitality receipt? What to do

Immediate checklist: duplicate, proof of payment, replacement receipt.

Hospitality receipts abroad

Why foreign receipts rarely meet the German required details.

Tips on the hospitality receipt

Document and evidence the tip correctly, with no input VAT deduction.

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Deducting & the law

How much is deductible, and on what legal basis.

Deduct business meal costs: the 70% rule

The 70/30 split with a worked example and full input VAT recovery.

How Belegomat interprets the BMF guidance

The legal basis and what the generated PDF is designed for.

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Send a photo in chat. The details are captured. You receive your replacement hospitality receipt as a PDF.

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