28.05.2019 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
The following is true.
We have a permanent pitch on a campsite (caravan and permanently built awning).
We receive a new annual lease for this pitch every year.
For 26 years now!
And we now also pay second home tax for the caravan pitch.
The awning h...
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23.02.2016 | answered by Stefan Steininger
The situation:
Sale of a single-family house by notarial purchase contract - conclusion on 24.08.2015; handover date 15.01.2016
Today, the buyer informed me that according to the installation company, the central heating system had a serious damage...
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14.01.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
I am a development engineer at a semiconductor manufacturer (around 900 people) for 33 years, 60 years old, and I would like to work only 3 days a week in the future, so I am planning to submit a request for part-time work. I am familiar with...
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25.08.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have been transferred to a European country by my employer for professional reasons and have relocated with my wife.
The cancellation of the membership at the gym for me and my wife was answered / rejected as follows:
We canno...
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29.07.2015 | answered by Stefan Steininger
I have recently started working at a music school. Now I have given a trial lesson to a potential customer for the music school. There is no signed contract between this potential customer and the music school. For various reasons, this customer has ...
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11.01.2015 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Mr. Lawyer,
I have a new client who would like me to handle the maintenance and management of his website. The website was created by a different agency. Am I allowed to do this? Does the creator of the website still have rights to the content,...
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11.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
As a sales representative, I receive a car allowance of 800 euros per month and a fuel card that allows fueling for private purposes as well. Both are taxed as a taxable benefit in the salary statement.
With these benefits, the employer excludes furt...
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31.03.2014 | answered by Daniel Hesterberg
We have owned a row house in Bavaria for over 40 years. The properties are divided by a chain link fence approximately 80 cm high. On the terrace, there is a privacy wall on both sides with a metal frame and glass filling, approximately 100 cm wide a...
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11.12.2013 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Hairdresser visit:
Customer X wants a short haircut as usual for 10.00 EUR. Since she has been visiting the hair salon for some time, she knows that the service includes washing, cutting, and a quick blow dry to dry the hair if it is still wet after...
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10.07.2013 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
I have been working for almost 13 years at the German branch of an international airline. Since September 11th (2001), things have been constantly declining in the industry. In 2001, the company had 22,000 employees worldwide, but now there are only ...
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01.12.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
The GmbH is in liquidation, the blocking period is over. The creditors have been satisfied. The GmbH has not been deleted yet. Now there are complaints / warranty claims from customers. Is the GmbH still liable for this? There are no assets of the Gm...
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19.11.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
Given the following scenario: A German seller acts as a business intermediary on a commission basis between Far Eastern traders who want to sell their goods (primarily electronics) and customers on major sales platforms like Amazon / Ebay. This is ne...
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03.05.2012 | answered by Andreas Scholz
Dear Sir or Madam,
we would like to sell our property and have given a qualified sole agency mandate to a broker, which includes the following passage:
"This qualified sole agency mandate relates to the provision of potential buyers or the negotiat...
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24.03.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
The questioner is a provider of a small profession-specific online software that is sold "as is" or that can be changed/rebuilt at a cost according to the buyer's layout and/or functionality requirements. How and by what means the predetermined goal ...
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08.02.2012 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
A customer bought several wooden facades from us over the weekend. The customer automatically received an order confirmation and has already paid.
On the past Monday, it was noticed that there was an error in the item description on the internet. T...
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03.02.2012 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am not satisfied with the reference letter for my mother and believe that there is a need for significant corrections.
Would you be able to review the letter and draft a letter to the employer with the necessary corrections?
T...
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25.11.2011 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Dear Sir or Madam,
Regarding the situation: A is a valued long-term private customer of B, who, due to liquidity problems in his company at the time of ordering in 2009, had to downsize or close his business as he needed financial state support. B o...
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01.11.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
We would like to offer private and commercial customers the opportunity to decorate beverage bottles of their choice with self-designed and manufactured shrink sleeve labels, as seen on www.jouwheineken.nl. The private customer purchases the desired ...
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18.08.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello - I have been working for a Florida-based company since 1989. I am German, living and working in Germany. I am a food broker, supplying food to customers of the American military and embassies in Europe. I am paid in US dollars and pay my taxes...
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18.05.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a premium bicycle dealer and I have the following issue: Customer XX purchased a road bike in matte white color for just under 5000 euros a year ago. The bicycle frame had a small paint damage from the manufacturer, which was...
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28.04.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Subject: Disputes with energy providers.
An existing electricity contract with Vattenfall was terminated by the customer with a written notice for 31.12.2010. The next day, Yello-Strom was instructed to supply electricity from 01.01.2011. However, wi...
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27.04.2011 | answered by Tobias Rösemeier
Dear Sir or Madam,
I run a company for household clearances and rubbish removal.
My advertising is accessible through google. On 11.04.11 I was called by a customer and asked for a site visit in order to provide a quote. The visit took place on 18....
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18.04.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
I have been working as a subcontractor for a building cleaning company for several months and have on my website a glass cleaning offer form and a form to schedule online appointments, structured in the same way as for the company I am subcontracting...
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16.03.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello,
I have an important question. I work as an accountant through a temporary employment agency, and I am now pregnant. I was sick for 4 weeks and now they have underpaid me by 600 euros. My basic salary would have been 173.36 hours starting from...
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10.03.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
In the contract, it states in the preamble "...the transfer of the entire business assets..." or in §1 "...with the fixed assets, but without any other assets and liabilities..."
What does this mean?
From our side, only the shop (domain including th...
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