Part of the costs incurred because of child caring will be fiscally taken into account for employed parents. The family guide of the Federal Ministry of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth gives information about the possibilities to write the Kinderbetreuungskosten (costs of child-rearing) off against tax and to assert a Freibetrag für Alleinerziehung (tax exempt amount for single parents).

Detailed information can be found at the Kleine Ratgeber für Lohnsteuerzahler (Small Guidebook for Payroll Tax Payers) by the tax offices of Lower Saxony.