Correctly register, employ & engage your cleaner

quitt is a service for private employers of domestic help. This includes, among other things, the employment of cleaners, babysitters and nannies, gardeners or elderly carer.

quitt takes over the entire administration and accounting of the private employment relationship, regardless of the amount of the salary. This means, quitt covers mini-jobs as well as midi-jobs, part-time and full-time employments.

An official employment relationship is not only required by law, but also brings many advantages for employers.
You as an employer create a legal and fair working relationship with your domestic helper, have tax advantages, are covered in case of a work accident, and enjoy a right to reimbursement for absences due to illness or pregnancy thanks to the employers’ insurance.
Your domestic helper, on the other hand, contributes to society, has a right to paid leave and social, pension, health, and accident insurances.
Furthermore, both you and your employee may be subject to high financial penalties and claims of social security contributions, either due to a work accident or via a random control of customs duty in Germany.

In the event of a work accident, illness or pregnancy, employer and employee are insured. This means that your domestic helper is entitled to continued payment of wages for the days on which the work would have been performed. However, you will be reimbursed of 60-80% of the wages paid in case of sickness and 100% in case of maternity.
You can easily enter the sick days in your customer area and quitt will request the reimbursement for you. The medical certificate of your employee should be stored in your personal documents.
This procedure also applies to sick leave due to a work accident. In addition, you must immediately report the accident to the statutory accident insurance.
In case of pregnancy, please contact our support team, we will assist you.

You will receive the money from the employer’s insurance directly to your bank account.

If you employ domestic help in a private household, you can get a tax reduction in the course of your tax declaration.

For a Minijob, you are entitled to a discount of 20% of the total employer costs, up to a maximum of EUR 510 per year. You enter the costs in line 4 of the household-related expenses annex.

For employment in a private household subject to social insurance contributions (midijobs and part-time and full-time jobs), you enjoy a tax reduction of up to EUR 4,000 per year. The employer costs must be entered in line 5 of the household-related expenses annex.

In addition, up to 2/3 of childcare costs for children up to the age of 14 can be claimed for tax purposes: Up to EUR 4,000 per child per year (from 2025 it will be 80%, up to EUR 4,800 per child per year). The expenses must be entered in the child annex on page 3.

Please note that you can claim either childcare costs or household-related expenses for childcare provided by the same employee.

quitt will provide you with the necessary documents to apply for a tax refund.

quitt takes over the entire registration, administration, and accounting processes of domestic helpers for private employers. Our service includes, among others, accounting, payment of social security contributions, submission of claims for reimbursement in the event of illness, pregnancy, or accident at work. As an employer, you have an online customer portal where all information about your employment relationship is made available to you. Here you will find all documents related to your employment relationship, such as a sample employment contract or your annual wage cost overview for the tax return. An overview of the hours worked and expenses or a holiday calculator is also available to you.