29.04.2021 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Are these the withdrawals from the cash register and all withdrawals from the bank account that I need for my livelihood?
Would it then be correct for a sole proprietor to simply record all business expenses as deposits and all business income (minu...
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16.04.2020 | answered by Henriette Regulla-Schiessl
I am currently liquidating a limited liability company (UG). It is a straightforward case, as it has never been economically active.
The blocking period expired on December 3, 2019. The deletion is planned for next week. The company has remaining as...
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13.04.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
A KG is being liquidated. There is a limited partner and a general partner involved in the KG. Both have made equal contributions. Due to compensation for services, withdrawals, profits and losses, the capital accounts as of 31.12.2019 are, for examp...
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26.02.2020 | answered by Henriette Regulla-Schiessl
I have to prepare a liquidation opening balance sheet for a limited partnership as of January 1, 2020. The closing balance sheet as of December 31, 2019 is ready.
Do I have to take over the remaining fixed assets with the tax value as of December 31,...
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30.01.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am self-employed and in 2018 I was still covered by my wife's health insurance without having to pay contributions. Now I am preparing the income tax declaration for 2018. My commercial income exceeds the income limit of 5,220,-...
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27.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I am a self-employed photographer and in 2020, for the first time, I am no longer a small business owner and am now subject to VAT.
Many of my jobs are booked in advance, with either a deposit or full payment made the previous year. This inc...
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25.07.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
A limited partnership is being liquidated. There is a general partner and a limited partner. Both have capital accounts. The general partner has a negative balance, while the limited partner has a positive one. If the partnership agreement does not s...
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11.02.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I am currently living abroad with my partner. In a few months, we will be moving to Germany and living together in a shared household. We have a child together who also lives in the household. We are not married. My partner does not work, she...
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10.01.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear expert,
My German GmbH had a participation in an Austrian GmbH & Co. KG (tax consolidation model).
The Austrian GmbH & Co. KG has gone bankrupt. Is the loss of this participation tax deductible for the German GmbH?
Best regards from Lengdorf
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27.11.2018 | answered by Knut Christiansen
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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25.05.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Since April 2017, my husband has been working from home (1st place of work in the employment contract). Now we would like to deduct the home office for the first time in the tax return for 2017. We purchased our own home in 2013 and have not previous...
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05.11.2017 | answered by Udo Glinka
Question regarding rental and leasing:
For years, I have rented out a granny flat in my owner-occupied house. In my income tax return for 2016, I declared rental income of EU 408,-- cold rent and a lump sum for utilities of EU 92,-- as income, as I h...
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15.03.2017 | answered by Udo Glinka
A third party has submitted the tax returns for our GmbH (on our behalf) for the year 2015. They have submitted the trade tax, corporation tax, VAT, and the balance sheet. The tax office did not consider the IAB, among other things. When we inquired ...
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04.03.2017 | answered by Steffen Becker
Do I also have to make a carryforward of losses or profits of equity in the balance sheet as a sole proprietor, and if so, how?
Background: We have been preparing financial statements since 2013, where we had a closing equity of around 20,000€ from t...
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19.02.2017 | answered by Patrick Färber
The practice rooms, which are located in the residential building, occupy 27% of the living space. Half of them are currently in business assets. The practice is being abandoned, and the share of 13.5% is to be transferred back to private assets.
In...
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07.02.2017 | answered by Patrick Färber
I have been living in Switzerland for 7 years and will be relocating back to Germany this year, where I will also work again. I have taken advantage of the opportunity to make voluntary payments into a pension account. In Switzerland, this is the 3rd...
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04.02.2017 | answered by André Hintz
Dear Sir or Madam,
I use the chart of accounts SKR03 for the EÜR.
Now I accidentally entered an eBay fee invoice (account 3125), which was only debited in January 2017, already in December 2016. The closing is of course already done.
My problem n...
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29.06.2016 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
I am contacting your tax expert Mr. Oliver Burchardt with my question regarding the US pension fund 401k.
I have deposited a total of $82,000 into a 401k from 1987 to 1995 in the USA, $10,400 of which was untaxed and $72,000 was taxed. By February 2...
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29.05.2016 | answered by Patrick Färber
Dear Sir or Madam,
Below are my questions regarding the income tax return as an employee with limited tax liability in the year of moving out of Germany.
My Situation:
Since March 2013, I (German citizen) have been employed by a company in Thuring...
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23.03.2016 | answered by Grit Weidauer
I am neither a businesswoman, nor do I have a trade or practice a liberal profession. For my income tax, I therefore declare the surplus of income over expenses, without balance sheets or evaluations.
Can the tax office demand a breakdown of the inco...
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28.12.2015 | answered by Peter Jansen
According to the attached file, I also kindly request additional clarification and consideration of my detailed question regarding value added tax in relation to UstG §3 (1a) sentence 2, as I transferred my building unit from private to business asse...
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12.12.2015 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
I have purchased several $25 Ad Packs on Getprofitadz on the internet. The purchase price of these packages is an investment that will never be repaid. Lifetime advertising revenues are generated for the Ad Packs, which GetprofitAdz distributes to th...
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27.05.2015 | answered by Patrick Färber
Good evening everyone.
The closure of the business has already been communicated to the tax office in May, with a statutory notice period of 6 months for the 2 employees.
Question:
Is it correct that the closing balance sheet must be prepared at th...
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10.02.2015 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
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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17.01.2015 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
1. Question about value-added tax
In December 2013, a newly founded complementarity company issued a (single) invoice showing a value-added tax of €13.53. At the beginning of 2014, the annual report was submitted. Due to the restriction to whole numb...
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