Dear Sir or Madam, I have a question regarding the value added tax return. I work as a freelance translator and was a small business owner until 2018. Since 2019, I have been submitting quarterly VAT returns, and the VAT is also debited quarterly b...
Dear Sir or Madam, I work as a freelance translator, and since last year I am no longer eligible for the small business regulation, which means I have to declare sales tax. I have already sent quarterly sales tax pre-registration to the tax office f...
Hello, on December 31, 2019, I deregistered my business (trade with electronic parts). In January 2020, I sold remaining stocks of goods to my customers on Ebay. How should the revenues for January 2020 be treated? Can I add these revenues to the bus...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am facing the following difficulties in preparing the VAT return for 2019: a) I sold a product to an Irish company and physically shipped it. I did not show any VAT on the invoice as the buyer had a valid Irish VAT number. In w...
My annual gross income is 94 thousand euros (previously tax class 3). My wife's annual gross income is 27 thousand euros (previously tax class 5). Due to a cancer diagnosis, I will no longer be able to work full-time in the future. I plan to work...
I am a freelancer and have 2 leased cars in my business assets. Apart from the leasing costs of the 2 cars, I have no significantly high expenses in my previously prepared income statement or in the monthly sales tax returns for last year. 1. Car A ...
I want to make deliveries (customers order via online shop) to EU countries without charging sales tax. Since the value of the goods is often low (20-30 €), it is not worth sending them by parcel with proof. I would use Deutsche Post "Warensendungen...
Hello, I have a German business and work with a client in Canada as a software developer. Now I am writing him an invoice (in USD) and I am wondering how it must differ from the invoices to my German clients? - What additional information do I have...
Hello! First of all, thank you for your help. My question is specifically about value-added tax. I am a streamer (content creator) on the online platform Twitch (similar to YouTube but live). Twitch is an American company. When I stream there, my vie...
Good day, I am employed subject to social insurance contributions by an external company and work there in the office until 11:00 in the morning. At the same time, I am the sole managing director/shareholder of my own limited liability company (UG) w...
My partner and I want to build a house. She will receive 140,000€ as an advance inheritance from her parents. With this, we want to buy the property together and both be registered in the land register with a 50% share. We will both take over the fi...
I am a freelancer with 2 leasing cars. 1. I use the small car 100% for business purposes with logbook entries for each customer trip. 2. I use the larger car (Tiguan) for both business and personal use. However, the business use is only between 10%-...
I will be working for an insurance company in the employed field service starting from 01.02.2019. Currently, "my" car is registered and insured under my mother's name in order to save money on insurance. I will have a lot of travel expenses for cust...
I have a business and, due to my blindness, I am exempt from sales tax according to §4 paragraph 19 of the Sales Tax Law. Now, how would it be if I expand my business into retail sales for both business and end customers? Here is a fictional example...
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...
Invoice received from private individual. Good day. I am a small business owner (under the small business regulation) and have paid an invoice from a private individual. The invoice amounts to 7190€ (paid in cash, receipt available). Even though the...
Dear Madam, dear Sir, I am a small business owner myself, and would like to know how to invoice for web design work for an association in Austria. The association only has a tax number, but no VAT identification number. As far as I can see in advan...
Hello! My questions: 1. I am a small business owner and have customers in Switzerland and Austria. I have been told that I need a VAT ID for this. I also sometimes employ colleagues from the EU. Do I need a VAT ID for that as well? 2. Do I need a tra...
I am a craftsman based in Germany. We are currently renovating apartments in Austria for a client. We source the materials locally in Austria and install them there. The project will take approximately 6-8 weeks, during which time we will be on site....
Question regarding value added tax law: My company receives commissions mainly from outside the EU. The commissions are for the referral of customers generated through the internet. The customers are generated by directing interested parties to cert...
I am currently setting up an online shop for used LP/CD/DVD. I have been sourcing goods exclusively from private individuals, so I have opted for the margin scheme for tax purposes. Since the purchases are only small amounts (usually up to 100 EUR), ...
Good evening Do I have to register as an escort or sex worker for part-time and private work, or can I also register it as "personal and professional services"? I do not want my employer to find out... and what about paying taxes... since I only want...
I would like to offer my software/app for download as a small business owner on a well-known sales platform. The operator of the platform is based in Ireland. The buyer pays the amount directly to the platform operator's account when purchasing the a...
I am employed full-time and also a small business owner (freelancer) without VAT. It is about the mileage log. Is it sufficient to only indicate the business trips (to clients) with mileage and so on? I only want to invoice a flat rate of 30 cents pe...
Hello, we are responsible for removals and transportation. We work as subcontractors for a German company. The invoices always go to the German company! How does a removal/transport service from a third country to an EU country behave? How does a ...
