Good day, I am planning to establish a new company (GmbH) at the beginning of next year. Currently, I am still unsure about the correct business purpose. Below, I describe the purpose of the company and hope you can answer the open questions based on...
I obtained my Bachelor of Physiotherapy with my first degree (31.08.2009 - 04.01.2013, Saxion University of Applied Sciences Enschede / Netherlands) and subsequently completed my Master of Public Health (01.04.2014 - 22.07.2016, Leuphana University L...
I own a rented condominium (2 rooms, 80 sqm), whose lease has now been terminated. So far, the apartment has only resulted in a small surplus for tax purposes, because for social reasons (elderly, befriended lady) I had set a low rent and have not in...
Hello, I have an urgent question regarding the speculation tax. My father, who passed away in 2018, jointly purchased an apartment with my mother in 2004 for 240,000€, which was rented out to my grandmother. In their divorce in 2010, my father acqu...
Hello, I am Swiss and living in Germany. I would like to save money for my retirement in Switzerland through pillar 3b. This would be done with a Swiss retirement savings product. My question is: when it comes time to withdraw the money at age 65, h...
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 ...
I am a graphic designer based in Germany and have developed a font that I have sold in the USA. I sell licenses to use this font to other companies there. Invoicing is done through a foreign agency, which issues credits to me. I did not include sales...
Good day, I am planning to start a business (with two people) - specifically a gastronomic operation. I am not sure yet whether a UG or GmbH is the more suitable form and how profit distribution could look like. The situation is as follows: 1.) Each...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am planning to acquire a listed building property. A profitability calculation over 12 years has been prepared by the broker for this purpose. Assuming that the input data (rent, income, etc.) are correct, I hereby request a re...
I would like to establish a one-man limited liability company with a share capital of €100,000, as I intend to make some investments at the beginning of the business that would exceed the usual €25,000. I am the managing director and do not pay mysel...
Hello, shortly about my case: I am a medical student, single, and currently in my practical year. As part of this training, I am compensated with approximately 200 € gross per month. This has been classified under tax class 6 since March 2012. For ...
Dear Sir or Madam, As I am currently in Austria this year for the purpose of studying, but also managing my German self-employment (in the IT sector) from here, primarily serving companies in third countries, there are some questions regarding taxat...
Dear Sir or Madam, I operate a company that purchases printing machines in Germany and then exports them to Peru. My company is subject to sales tax and uses the EÜR (income surplus calculation) method. Now, however, a customer from Peru urgently w...
We (married couple) have been informed that in the event of changing our main residence from Germany to Austria, a final assignment of tax liability according to the double taxation agreement will only occur after a longer period of time, for example...
My son bought a property in SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN with his girlfriend in 03/2010. Both are registered as owners. The notary suggested "GbR" (GbR for 2 persons) at the time of contract signing, so that no real estate transfer tax would be incurred in cas...
Hello, the following situation: 1985: Purchase of a (rented) apartment, financing through a bank, securing the financing through entry in the land register 1995: Financing continues with the same bank, securing the financing through assignment of a...
Dear experts, As an independent IT consultant (specializing in SAP customization), I was assessed for trade tax in 2008 (my then tax advisor had explained to me that registering as a trade was "easier"). My client invoices always include hourly and d...
Since reaching the retirement age, I am no longer employed but working freelance in the same industry. I had revenues of up to 50,000 euros for several years and always fully deducted my home office (worth approximately 1,500 euros) as my only workpl...
Dear Sir or Madam, My concern is as follows: I lease a small apartment that has been leased by a hotel operator as part of a hotel. So far, the lease has been invoiced or received by the tenant without sales tax. He has now written to me on the adv...
Framework: Insurance Broker GmbH 2 Shareholder-Managing Directors (50:50) 1 Freelancer (solely on a commission basis) MDs work 90% purely in sales as insurance brokers. We need a tax advisor with experience in small insurance broker GmbHs. Idea: Th...
Factual situation: In the commercial tax returns of the past years, it was forgotten to apply for the extended reduction according to § 9 No.1 sentence 2 GewSt. The commercial tax assessments for the years in which the statute of limitations has not ...
Dear Sir or Madam, we are currently in discussion with our tax office regarding the following issue: In 2008, we built a single-family house which we currently reside in. My wife is self-employed and uses a room in the house as her office. In our ta...
I am an author, mother, currently married without a permanent job and without any income of my own, and I would like to offer my own texts in the form of audio files as paid downloads through a website with an e-shop function. In order to work in pe...
