A discount for paying upfront
The second payment option is paying upfront. If you can pay for the treatment straight away, this has two advantages for you.
Firstly, at the Eltz Institut there is a 4% discount for paying upfront on the treatment costs. We save on administrative work, and you save money.
Secondly, in the annual employee tax assessment (Lohnsteuerausgleich), all payments made in the previous year can be claimed as "extraordinary expenses" (außergewöhnliche Belastungen). Of course, this amount varies from patient to patient depending on income, number of children, ... Based on an average income, however, this can result in tax savings of several hundred euros.