Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to start my own business offering cosmetic services, in my own home. Initially, it will be part-time as I am currently covered by my husband's family insurance and expect to generate a monthly revenue of €1000 at the ...
Hello, In July, I will have my first child and would like to take 12 months of parental leave afterwards. My employer has calculated that I will be on maternity leave until August 31, 2016, and then on parental leave. According to my employment co...
Dear Sir or Madam, In 2014, we renewed the fitted kitchen in our rented condominium. The invoice amount was approximately €6,300. The condominium has been in our ownership since 2002 and has been rented out since 2007. The old kitchen was installed ...
Hello, I have the following question regarding the calculation of capital gains tax when cashing out (cancelling) a unit-linked life insurance policy in the first 12 years. Here is the scenario: The insurance company confirms the cancellation on 1...
Question for Dipl.-Kfm. Frank-Olaf Illiges Thank you first of all for the detailed answer to my complex of questions. You have explained very clearly. Now further questions on the topic: If we as a GmbH give away wine to our own employees for 1. les...
Hello everyone, the following situation: My grandmother passed away and left a condominium to her children, thus creating a community of heirs to which my mother belongs. I bought the apartment following this process: At the notary, two sales contr...
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...
Background: I am German, residing in Zurich/Switzerland with a settlement permit C. As part of an inheritance, I am considering taking over one of three apartments (in Baden-Württemberg) from the other members of the inheritance community (at a net ...
Hello, I have a question about the taxation of my upcoming company car. I work in E and have a rented apartment here. I have also registered my secondary residence in E. However, my primary residence is still in H, where I live in my parents' house...
I am an entrepreneur and employ a secretary for 22 hours per week. Due to successful business performance, we both want to increase her weekly working hours to 29.5. However, she is currently in the most unfavorable gross/net situation possible, bein...
The situation is as follows: - Company is closing the location with the current headquarters - New headquarters will be an existing location - Employee is Co-CEO with a company car - Due to strong international activities and other locations abroad, ...
Good day, in a medical practice rented out by me as a pharmacist - bought 4 years ago for 180,000 € - extensive renovation and remodeling measures are to be carried out, as a second doctor is now joining the practice. Question: How could the high est...
Dear expert, At the moment, I am planning to start a web agency with two colleagues. We would like to work on a freelance basis, possibly as a partnership. Unfortunately, there are a lot of conflicting statements on the internet regarding recognitio...
My question relates to the calculation of the 15% threshold, which distinguishes immediately deductible maintenance expenses from subsequent production costs. My husband and I have purchased a multi-family house. The 15% threshold of the acquisition ...
Dear lawyers, please send me a non-binding price offer to answer the following legal question(s): In 2010, I installed a fireplace in my own condominium. The labor costs/handyman services included in the invoice, approx. €1340, were deducted as house...
Dear Madam, dear Sir, Regarding the situation outlined below, I kindly request answers to my questions: - A and B (married couple) have given C (A's cousin) several interest-bearing loans - C has failed to make any interest payments for many years ...
Dear Sir or Madam, In one of the coming years, I am planning a longer stay abroad starting in April (a world trip lasting 3-4 months to 1.5 years). Currently, I am self-employed, but my office space has already been terminated and will be given up. ...
In a lake holiday area in Rhineland-Palatinate, a holiday cottage (approx. 30m2) was purchased on a leased plot of land. Purchase price 120,000; value of the cottage is listed as 30,000, then the purchase price includes courtyard structures, paving,...
Hello dear tax experts, Let's assume the following business model: A company rents individually assembled servers to its customers. In order to serve its customers quickly, various hardware components (RAM, hard drives, cases, etc.) are purchased i...
Dear Sir or Madam, I operate a small trade in building components and I had a tax audit in March. The reason for the audit was that the tax office deemed my markup on the sale of my goods and services to be too low. The tax auditor then simply double...
Good day, I would like clarification on the following matter: We have transferred our two-family house (worth approximately 600,000 euros) with 2 roughly equal-sized apartments to our two daughters, each half. We now live in one apartment with a re...
Hello, I bought a second-hand apartment (2 rooms) for rental purposes in 2009. The purchase price was 65,000 EUR in a residential complex with 18 units (Lindau Bodensee). The apartment was renovated before the tenant moved in (sanding the floor, pai...
Hello, I have recently started renting out a single-family house (significantly renovated and expanded in terms of use and size), so these are all construction costs. I write these off annually at 2%, assuming a useful life of 50 years. But what abo...
Hello, I recently founded a UG with 3 partners. Before we have our appointment with our tax advisor, there are 2 urgent questions that we would need answered. 1. We have appointed a managing director (in the founding document). This person is not o...
With a notarial contract, the shareholders' shares - share capital 60,000 €, were purchased for 2.00 €. Not included in the sale were all cash and account balances, as well as all receivables, obligations, and liabilities that existed as of December ...
