03.07.2020 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello,
I have another question regarding the VAT Third Country. Sale of electronic services to individuals worldwide. I know that the place of performance is the location of the recipient. I report the sales together with the EU sales in box 45 of t...
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22.06.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
the situation is as follows: We generate global revenues in electronic services through an online platform. The payments (credit card payments) are made to external payment providers. These providers pay the money to our bank at irregular int...
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09.06.2020 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
the situation is as follows: as part of a special VAT audit, the tax office wants proof of individual revenue bookings behind summarized sales figures.
Problem: for example, the revenues of a month are only recorded in summarized form in the ...
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28.01.2020 | answered by Bernd Thomas
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...
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19.03.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
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...
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21.04.2016 | answered by Grit Weidauer
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...
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25.11.2014 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
Good morning. Here is my question: I have been living separately since 2013 and probably should have changed my tax class to class 1 at the beginning of this year. I have not done that yet.
Last week I received a letter from the tax office with my da...
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06.06.2013 | answered by André Hintz
Hello,
the following situation: We are a company required to prepare financial statements and import electronic items from China. We are the importer and therefore also the manufacturer of the product.
For some of these items, we need a special cer...
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02.03.2013 | answered by Frank-Olaf Illiges
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am currently a small business owner and have not opted for VAT registration. At the moment, we only offer digital goods - our own products as well as acting as a reseller for third-party products. We handle the invoicing, meanin...
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26.01.2013 | answered by André Hintz
Hello,
I have installed an Ikea kitchen in the rented area with a stove, sink, dishwasher, washer-dryer, and freestanding refrigerator. Can I write off everything together with a 10% deduction? Or do I need to add the stove and sink to the productio...
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12.12.2012 | answered by Michael Herrmann
I receive a small pension and have a regular 400 Euro part-time job (so far without a tax card). - My employer informed me that the ELStAM procedure will be introduced from 2013.
The question: Do I have to declare these 400 euros in my income tax re...
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24.09.2012 | answered by André Hintz
Case: U-Advisor founded a company as a one-man GmbH 10 years ago. For the past three years, the business has been operated as a sole proprietorship, but the GmbH still exists on paper.
The GmbH is not conducting any business, has no assets, no emplo...
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18.07.2012 | answered by Michael Herrmann
Dear Sir or Madam,
Since April 2011, I have been using my private vehicle for business trips and keeping an electronic trip log in which all trips and costs are recorded. The following 3 categories of trips have been defined:
1) Commute to work
2) ...
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26.03.2012 | answered by Michael Herrmann
Hello,
I purchased a download product from a business in a third country (USA) and paid with PayPal. PayPal converted the amount due in dollars to euros at its own exchange rate. I paid this amount to the seller in the USA. Do I now need to convert ...
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18.02.2012 | answered by Katja Kiehne
I have been a resident of Dubai since 2005 and no longer have a residency in Germany. There is a double taxation agreement with the UAE, which operates on a credit basis. (There is no income tax in the UAE) Since September 2010, I have been working f...
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22.11.2011 | answered by Ulrich Stiller
Hello,
Since 2003, I have been receiving a so-called pension benefit from my former employer, which is paid out monthly and fully taxed. (Termination of the employment relationship by mutual agreement, early retirement, unemployed without benefits). ...
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07.10.2011 | answered by Manuela Ponikwar
Today I received an email from the responsible clerk at the tax office, reminding me that I had not signed my sales tax return and asking me to do so promptly.
Additionally, I was asked to submit a detailed (informal) profit determination, also prom...
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15.05.2011 | answered by Manuela Ponikwar
Hello,
I help out occasionally at a dinner show, where I set up, take down, control the music, etc. My main profession is as an employee. Since the dinner show organizers are a GbR, they now want me to invoice them for my services. I receive 50 euro...
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13.05.2011 | answered by Manuela Ponikwar
In the electronic income tax certificate for 2010, a total of 31,000 euros is recorded in line 10, line 11: 3,665 euros, line 12: 201 euros. Resulting from the termination of employment in 2010 and paid severance.
What do I need to enter in the prog...
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03.02.2011 | answered by Michael Herrmann
Hello,
I am a sole proprietor (IT + computer science) and have to pay sales tax every 3 months. I make almost 50,000 euros in revenue per year. In April 2009, I bought a company car for 28,000 euros and received the input tax credit. The tax office ...
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30.05.2010 | answered by Matthias Wander
The first employer of the year 2009 is insolvent and no longer traceable, I did not receive a wage tax certificate from him. Now, in that year, I did not work full time, was unemployed for several months, and then took another job for which I receive...
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12.02.2010 | answered by Matthias Wander
Hello,
I need some help with the questionnaire I received from the tax office after registering my business (I had asked about it here before).
The business registration is for a side job, etc. I have websites and want to earn money from advertisin...
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03.12.2009 | answered by Ulrich Stiller
Hello!
We moved from Hesse to North Rhine-Westphalia in August, submitted our taxes at a tax office in NRW, and received the notice three weeks ago.
When we called today to inquire about when we could expect the refund, the man from the tax office ...
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17.09.2009 | answered by Ulrich Stiller
My former employer filed for bankruptcy in November 2007, so I received insolvency benefit for November to January.
At the same time, I was on parental leave in November and December and only worked on a 10-hour basis. As a result, my income in thos...
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