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...
We paid a special levy of 14 TEUR each for the renovation of the bathroom in our condominium in 2018. A corresponding resolution of the owners' meeting from 2017 is available. It is clearly maintenance expenses. The bathroom renovation was necessary ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have the following question: I am divorced and jointly own 11 condominiums in Germany with my former wife, which we rent out as an investment. We have a joint bank account through which all income and expenses related to the apa...
I submitted my electronic tax return for the year 2014 to the tax office on 28.12.2018. The printed tax return sent by mail was received by the tax office on 02.01.2019. A assessment was now rejected by the tax office due to the deadline being exceed...
Is there a chance of filing a lawsuit against the rejection ("gross negligence") of the amendment of an income tax estimate (without reservation for review) based on my rental documents submitted only 9 days after the deadline for objections? For exa...
Dear Mr. Tax Advisor, I come from Italy and have been living in Germany for over 10 years. Here in Germany, I completed my studies and started my own business about 8 years ago. Since January 2012, I have been the owner of a condominium in Berlin, w...
Dear Mr. Tax Advisor, since March 2012 I have been the owner of a condominium in Berlin. I have had my registration there and have actually been living there. However, as I am often away on business, I occasionally rented out my apartment through Ai...
My wife, my son, and I purchased a property on 9th October 2009 (closing of the purchase contract), with my son owning a 2/4 share. Normally, the speculation period would have ended on 10th September 2019. However, my son went into insolvency in 2010...
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...
We are a GbR with 3 shareholders. Currently, all shareholders are equally entitled to the profits of the company. We now want to adjust the profit distribution so that only 2 shareholders are entitled to profits. The background of the redistribution ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have a question regarding the gift tax law within the EU (specifically between Germany and Bulgaria). My uncle is a Bulgarian citizen with only one residence in Bulgaria, but he has a German bank account with a sum of 70,000 eur...
Dear Sir or Madam, I own a condominium which I would like to rent out at a reduced rate to my brother (a student). From my point of view, it would be acceptable from the tax authorities if the living space is rented out above 66% of the local compa...
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...
I am renting out a semi-detached house to my parents. Therefore, I fall under the rental provision §21 paragraph 2 EStG (66% rule). The city where the semi-detached house is located has a rental index for apartments. However, according to the city, t...
I offer hosting services on a part-time basis. There are 4-5 customers who pay a total of approximately 1000 euros annually; I also occasionally assist them with IT questions, but there are no additional costs. I do not advertise much, but rather acq...
I was informed by a customer afterwards that an invoice from 2013 should be issued as exempt from sales tax instead of with sales tax (lecturing activity was retrospectively exempt from sales tax according to §4 No. 21 a) bb) UStG). The customer's s...
Dear Sir or Madam, I work as a self-employed project manager. I have an external home office with an adjoining room of approximately 40 square meters. My wife provides cleaning services for me there, among other tasks. How can I include this service...
My wife intends to buy a condominium together with our son. In the land register, 50% should be registered in my wife's name and 50% in my son's name. My son will then use this apartment. We would like to deduct at least 50% of the corresponding acqu...
Subject: Possible inheritance tax Please advise me: Is the "Solution Idea 2" in the "Details" a solution or not? What is your advice then? Details: Condition: 1. Marriage contract 1990: Separate property 2. Will: Berlin Will 3. House and land owner...
Hello, I am currently in the process of purchasing a condominium and negotiating the details for the purchase contract. Since I could imagine renting out the property in the future after a period of owner occupancy, I am wondering if it makes sense i...
Dear Sir or Madam, the following situation: Income tax assessment for 2010 (dated 25.11.2011) by Tax Office A: Taxable income: 35,000 euros Assessment for 2011 on the separate determination of tax bases by Tax Office A (dated 17.10.2013): Income f...
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...
Dear Sir or Madam, In 2010, my parents built a house and rented it to my husband and me. Now we would like to buy it, but we would incur speculation tax as the current market value is approximately 350-400,000 euros. There are still 270,000 euros in...
Dear tax expert, I would like to trade 2 foreign accumulating ETFs that are not yet listed in the transparency list. http://www.bzst.de/DE/Steuern_International/Auslaendische_Investmentfonds/Auslaendische_Investmentfonds_node.html Proshares Ultra ...
I am a freelancer and liable for VAT. Now I would like to purchase an existing house with 2 apartments: + Occupy apartment 1 (~50% share) privately + Rent out apartment 2 (~50% share) to a third party Questions: 1a) I would like to assign the entir...
