11.02.2022 | answered by Knut Christiansen
My wife and I live in Portugal and are also tax residents here.
Personally, I own a number of rental properties in Germany, with the rental income we use to support ourselves.
All my properties are located in Germany and are managed exclusively by ...
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07.02.2022 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Dear Sir or Madam,
My question concerns the *extended* limited tax liability in the context of the existing Double Taxation Agreement between Germany (DE) and Singapore (SGP).
- Singapore is a low-tax country (6.63% tax on income of 77,000 EUR)
- I...
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19.08.2021 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Good day,
in addition to my main job as an employee, I have been working as a freelance voice actor since 2012. (I always take advantage of the small business regulation). Since I have mostly incurred losses, a few years ago, the tax office suspected...
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09.01.2020 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello,
I need some general information about a single line in Annex N-AUS 2014.
I am familiar with and understand all the other lines. DBA is confirmed here, my EU gross income is tax-free in Germany. Only the progression clause is taken into accou...
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19.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
My wife is a housewife and I am an employee. Annual income around 100k EUR. We have a female dog that my wife wants to breed for the first time in summer 2020. Then once a year. We can sell the puppies for around 2,000 EUR each. Possibly adding a sec...
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14.12.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I am the managing partner (30% share) of a GmbH, 62 years old.
The GmbH has 3 other shareholders with shares of 30%, 20%, and 20% respectively.
The company has promised me a pension, which will be due in 2022.
The pension has been secured ...
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25.07.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello, I am a German citizen but currently living in South Africa. I have received an offer to work from home in Germany while being based in South Africa and sending invoices to the company employing me. I still have a bank account in Germany, but I...
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21.06.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I am a full-time employed editor, not self-employed. I am also registered as a freelancer with the tax office and work as a voice actor/actress. Up until 2015, my tax return was handled by a tax advisor, at which time my side business was reg...
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14.01.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
I am Dutch, 66 years old, and have been registered as a commercial real estate dealer with the tax office in Korbach for more than 10 years. I buy, renovate, and sell old houses from foreclosure auctions as a hobby, but my earnings have been very lim...
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08.01.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello and good day.
I work in Frankfurt/M (police officer) and also have a residence there.
Due to a private change, my center of life has shifted to Austria (distance about 500 km). I am also registered at the residence of my life partner/fiancée ...
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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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13.10.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello,
I live in Germany and am selling a property in Austria that I inherited from my late mother in 2015. According to the tax authorities, no inheritance tax is due in Germany because I did not live in Germany at the time of my mother's death.
N...
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15.04.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
I would like to participate as a 50% shareholder in a newly founded GmbH in Germany. I will NOT be the managing director.
I am German, but not liable to tax in Germany. I live in Dubai (moved away from Germany for more than 5 years, no connection to...
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01.04.2018 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
I moved to the USA last year. Prior to that, I was employed in Germany for 9 months and am therefore fully taxable in Germany. In the USA, I receive a Fellowship (US income code 16), which allows me to refer to Paragraph 20, paragraph 3 of the double...
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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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20.10.2017 | answered by Ginster Frank
Is there a difference in the amount of interest income tax to be paid for foreign residents living in Japan between securities held in Japan and those held in Germany?
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26.04.2017 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
Hello,
I am expected to work in Spain from July 2017 for at least 1 year (as an employee). During this time, I will work 1 week per month from Germany (in the company's Berlin office, but the employer is the Spanish branch). Therefore, I will be wor...
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20.03.2017 | answered by Patrick Färber
My husband and I have found ourselves in a precarious situation due to double taxation - our situation is as follows:
My husband and I lived and worked in the UK for many years. A few years ago, my husband moved to Germany and our 2 daughters follow...
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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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16.12.2016 | answered by Patrick Färber
Hello,
I am a German and Swiss dual citizen and I own a company in Switzerland, where I have been working for 9 years and also lived almost continuously until two years ago. My wife - who is only a German citizen - is employed at my company as the d...
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16.10.2016 | answered by Patrick Färber
I am a cross-border commuter, living in Germany and working in Switzerland. This year, I would like to "buy into" my Swiss pension fund by depositing 20,000 CHF into the mandatory part. Will this 20,000 CHF be completely deducted from my taxable inco...
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01.09.2016 | answered by Patrick Färber
Good day,
I have the following question:
Since 2010, I have been employed as a lawyer in a company that has been deducting pension contributions to the German Pension Insurance (employer and employee share) to the Deutsche Rentenversicherung. At th...
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31.07.2016 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
I am self-employed and work in the offshore industry, spending more than 180 days a year outside of Germany. I have a wife and a house in Germany. When I have some free time, I go on vacation to Malta with my wife until I have to work again or there ...
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08.06.2016 | answered by Patrick Färber
Good day,
I have been employed in a Swiss company since February 2014 and I also have an apartment in Frankfurt, Germany. During the week, I reside in a rented room in Switzerland, and I often travel back to Frankfurt on weekends. I have now submitt...
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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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