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Real estate management company abroad

My wife and I live in Portugal and are also tax residents here. Personally, I own a number of rental properties in Germany, with the rental income we use to support ourselves. All my properties are located in Germany and are managed exclusively by ...

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Limited or unlimited?

I am Dutch, 66 years old, and have been registered as a commercial real estate dealer with the tax office in Korbach for more than 10 years. I buy, renovate, and sell old houses from foreclosure auctions as a hobby, but my earnings have been very lim...

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Reverse charge without gross data to Amazon

Hello, I am an author and publish with KDP Amazon. For this, I receive royalties overview from Amazon. I can't see the gross prices and fees. Now I have learned that in order for the accounting to be correct, I must send an invoice to Amazon (Revers...

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Deficits in a limited partnership

Assuming the limited partner of a limited partnership takes private withdrawals from the partnership throughout the year and deposits them into a private savings account (without spending them), while leaving the profits in the partnership. At the en...

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accounting

Dear Sir or Madam, My wife has been self-employed since 2010 (sole proprietorship). The complete accounting (SKR 04, EÜR) has been carried out by myself (private individual) since then. Our vehicle is part of the business assets and is depreciated ...

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Value Added Tax (VAT) in intra-community trade

Is this correct? Is a VAT-exempt invoice (not a small business) mandatory in intra-community trade or just an option? If you as a business sell something to another BUSINESS (with a valid VAT number) in the EU-FOREIGN COUNTRY (EXPORT), then the "des...

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Generated revenue through Paypal

Dear tax advisor, I am (still) a small business owner in terms of tax law and work in the sound engineering and media industry. There is a freelancer portal in the U.S.A. where I am registered and receive job assignments. Payment is made through Pay...

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Properly document income from operations

Dear Sir or Madam, I recently started my own business as a provider of training courses and now I want to expand my operations. I would like to ensure that my accounting is done correctly from the beginning, so that it can withstand the scrutiny of ...

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Establishment of a GmbH

Dear Sir or Madam, In December 2014, private individual A purchased a guesthouse from entrepreneur B for €10,000 according to the purchase contract. (Entrepreneur B was the owner of the guesthouse). Entrepreneur B deregistered his business on Februa...

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Exchange rate gains USD-Euro

Hello, First of all, I would like to explain my situation. I am a software developer, self-employed with a business registration and no employees. I am no longer considered a small business and I still prepare my profit determination using the simpl...

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Intra-community supply

We are a GmbH, a painting company. We would like to purchase wine in Italy, which will be delivered to our office in Germany. For this purpose, we have applied for and received a consumption tax number from customs. 1. Question: How should the delive...

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Commissions to Cypriot Ltd. - Tax evasion?

G lives in Germany and is the sole shareholder of "IT Solutions GmbH" in Germany and the sole shareholder of the Cypriot "Marketing Ltd.". The Marketing Ltd. has a referral agreement with a business consulting GmbH from Germany. For each mandate reco...

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Tax class

Good morning. Here is my question: I have been living separately since 2013 and probably should have changed my tax class to class 1 at the beginning of this year. I have not done that yet. Last week I received a letter from the tax office with my da...

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Is a logbook required for car allowance?

Good evening, As an employee in sales, I use my private car to travel to customer appointments. For this, I receive a car allowance of 700 EUR/month, which is taxed through the payroll tax card. I calculate the actual travel/driving costs through r...

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