03.05.2022 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello Mr. Thomas,
since 1.2.2019 I have been receiving a company pension of EUR 213.18. (Total for 2019: EUR 2,346.00)
Additionally, from Feb 2019 to July 2019, I received a transitional allowance TA of 6 times EUR 2,097.38.
In my 2019 tax return, I ...
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23.01.2022 | answered by Knut Christiansen
We are employees and bought a house in mid-2019 and paid accordingly. The previous owners contractually reserved a one-year right of residence against payment of rent. From mid-2019 to mid-2020, we received rent payments, after which the previous own...
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01.11.2021 | answered by Bernd Thomas
The construction of a dormer with an extension of the living area by a few square meters, in my understanding, results in the entire construction costs being classified as production costs, with the consequence of a correspondingly long depreciation ...
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05.10.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
does the Corona emergency aid (Berlin) count towards the gross turnover limit of 22,000 EUR for small businesses, or can I receive 22,000 EUR + emergency aid? In which line of the income tax return do I have to enter the emergency aid?
Thank...
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04.02.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
the following situation: My wife and I bought and paid for a single-family home for our own use in August 2019. The house is financed by a loan. The transfer of the land register took place in January 2020. Due to a contractual ag...
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03.01.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Good day,
I intend to carry out a construction project myself as a property developer.
For this purpose, a plot of land with an old building (settlement house) is to be purchased. The house is to be demolished and the plot of land is to be develope...
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02.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
I own a rented condominium (2 rooms, 80 sqm), whose lease has now been terminated. So far, the apartment has only resulted in a small surplus for tax purposes, because for social reasons (elderly, befriended lady) I had set a low rent and have not in...
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06.09.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello, I am in tax class 3 and my wife (civil servant) is in tax class 5. Our annual gross income is distributed approximately 70% (me)/30% (my wife). We are planning to have a second child and would like to increase my wife's later parental leave be...
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03.06.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello...my question would be whether a severance payment always has to be taxed by the employer or if I can also have it paid out gross, in order to then declare the amount myself in the tax return for the year of payment, along with other income, wh...
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09.05.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
The question is, on whom it is best to allocate the profits from a GbR and who should be taxed on it. For this, we need to calculate the income tax for 2 persons.
Profit of the GbR: 40,000 EUR
Person A) Tax class 1, employed with a gross salary of ...
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12.04.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have acquired a second residence (near my workplace) for my work, for almost 3 years now. Since I use a company car (also for private use), I am currently subject to the 1% flat-rate taxation, as well as the 0.03% for the commut...
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28.02.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Mr. Knut Christiansen,
In addition to my first question:
(I apologize - I actually presented the situation incompletely)
My husband and I own two apartments, each 50% / 50%.
Apartment No. 1: Market value 540,000 €
No loan. Purchased in 2007, ...
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19.02.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
My husband wants to gift me his share of our shared apartment (his 50%).
In return, I would take over the remaining debt of the joint loan associated with the apartment.
There would be no gift tax incurred for the gift, as it fall...
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09.12.2018 | answered by Knut Christiansen
I will start a position at the Royal Mail in England in May 2019, where I will work 4 days a week and can work one day from home in Germany. My contract will be issued by a German subsidiary of Royal Mail. Since the 4 days per week exceed 183 days pe...
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07.12.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
1: Attachment V)
I acquired a condominium in 2017 (title registration in the land register on 18.11.2017), which was in forced administration but was purchased by me freely.
Now I have received a calculation from the forced administrator:
+ Prepaymen...
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05.10.2018 | answered by Steffen Becker
I want to gift a small, very old terraced house (84 sqm / 120 sqm / 1921 / land value 80 €) to my niece. I have told the notary an estimated house value of approximately € 70,000, which will also be set in the contractual documents.
Does the tax offi...
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11.03.2018 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
Dear Sir or Madam,
In 2004 I purchased a house for a price of 400,000 euros. The house was divided into two residential units, a practice part on the upper floor and a residential part on the ground floor (the value for the upper apartment was estim...
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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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19.07.2017 | answered by Patrick Färber
Good day,
Issue:
In 2016: completely unemployed, received 17,500 euros in unemployment benefits, received a severance payment of 10,000 euros; Tax office now demands a payment of almost 1,100 euros.
Is this legal? If we deduct work-related expenses ...
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18.07.2017 | answered by André Hintz
Hello,
as part of the anticipated inheritance, I would like to transfer agricultural and forestry properties to my children. In order to make use of the tax exemption that one receives once in a lifetime, as well as the tax exemptions for the childre...
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08.04.2017 | answered by Peter Jansen
Initial situation 2016 (simplified):
Civil servant A14, salary 65,000 €, additional income from side business 3,000 € = non-self. income 62,000 €.
Additional income from business operation (sole proprietorship trade as a side job).
In 2016 loss -85,0...
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29.03.2017 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
Dear experts,
the situation is as follows, with a request for answers to the following questions:
A good acquaintance (not related) wants to buy a property.
(He currently lives in this property under a rental agreement.)
Since he does not have eno...
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22.03.2017 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
Good day,
I intend to build a house in 04420 Markranstädt (plot of land 325 m2), with a leasehold for 75 years. The monthly ground rent is 43.88 euros, and the house itself costs 212,032 euros.
I have calculated the real estate transfer tax as foll...
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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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01.03.2017 | answered by Patrick Färber
Good day,
I recently acquired a share in a rented condominium in Switzerland. The apartment has multiple owners who collectively manage the property (community of owners). I am a resident and taxpayer in Germany.
Now to my questions:
Where do I ne...
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